The funeral for Dr. Donda West, mother of Kanye West, is in Oklahoma City Tuesday. A spokesperson for Howard-Harris Funeral Home said that the family had contacted them in preparation for Dr. West’s funeral.
West was a native of Oklahoma City, where she attended Douglass High School. West earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Virginia Union University in 1971.
She then became head of Chicago State University’s English Department, was also board President of the Kanye West Foundation and served as the rapper’s manager.
She passed on Nov. 10 in Los Angeles due to complications with plastic surgery. The official autopsy will be released Wednesday.
Dr. Jan Adams, the plastic surgeon that performed the surgery on Dr. West, said he did nothing wrong in her surgery. She had a tummy tuck and a breast reduction.
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