June 23, 2008
“Jesus… walk with me…”
MSNBC News Services
updated 8:58 p.m. MT, Mon., Nov. 12, 2007
LOS ANGELES - An autopsy was scheduled for the mother of Kanye West after preliminary information suggested she died of [cosmetic] surgical complications, a coroner’s investigator said Monday.
West died Saturday night at age 58 at Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center in Marina del Rey, where paramedics took her after she stopped breathing at her home, according to Deborah Ettinger, a hospital vice president.
A spokesperson for the hospital also told Access Hollywood, “Donda West was brought into the emergency room at Centinela. She was unresponsive and in cardiac arrest. They tried to revive her and were unsuccessful.”
“Kanye West, his family and friends would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of support and kind words that have come in from across the country since the death of his mother.”
~publicist: Maureen O’Connor