R.I.P.
L.A. County Coroner Investigating West's Death

The L.A. County Coroner confirms to TMZ that they are investigating the death of Donda West due to possible complications from cosmetic surgery.

They will be performing an autopsy this week.

We're also told West, who was 58, died at Centinela Hospital in Marina del Rey.

West was a former chairwoman of Chicago State University's English department, and headed up the company for Kanye's West Brands endeavors. She also handled the non-profit Kanye West Foundation, which seeks to increase literacy and reduce dropout rates.


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46. @Aids loving whore

You really need to go get help, Maybe she has a legacy because she achieved something that alot of others don't. Maybe she'll have a legacy because she was a great mother. Maybe she'll have a legacy because she ran a foundation to help keep children from dropping out of school.

Regradless of your little racist stupid insensitive comments. This woman achieve many things in life and dedicated her time to helping others as well. Usually when someone posts something ignorant as you did, it gets under my skin. But I had to realize that usually people like you are low-class nothings who thrive on hate. And i have to remember that you are a NOBODY who has a sad life if you can't find any reason to hate someone beyond the color of their skin. Please don't have children...we don't need another generation of ignorance in this country...you really need serious prayer and counseling.

Posted at 3:31PM on Nov 12th 2007 by College Grad

47. The price of vanity = Your Life

Posted at 3:36PM on Nov 12th 2007 by K

48. This is not HATE - I just want to understand how Donda was a phenomenal Professor. I was one of her students. There was nothing remarkable about her teaching skills. She learned how to use the system. Acquiring 2, 3, or 4 degrees DOES NOT prove she was intelligent. Affirmative Action has opened up opportunities for unqualified people. They don't pay tuition because they skate through on fee waivers; they don't buy books because they are people of color, and their attitude is that it's their world - the rest of us are just living in it. They are special! If they get a C, they will scream and threaten to high heaven that they have been discriminated against and deserve an A. Kanye is a poster-boy for his mother's attitude.

Posted at 3:48PM on Nov 12th 2007 by Frank Reality

49. to:college grad
i bow down to you!
thank you !thank you!thank you!

Posted at 3:55PM on Nov 12th 2007 by tgemini

50. And really is your life really worth losing even if you face does look like a train wreck?

Posted at 4:20PM on Nov 12th 2007 by K

51. You know, I've visited this site a few times but today is the first time that I've been reading the user comments.

It makes me sad that there is so much ugliness and hatred inside people for them to feel okay about posting such vile comments about someone. It's interesting to me how people will post things on the internet they would never dare say to someone's face in real life. That reeks of cowardice and puerility. Well, not even that; I don't think I've even heard children speak so ridiculously as some of you.

It's quite obvious that many of you have serious, real life issues and coming on this board is your main, if not only, way to vent. Whether you have had past or current relationships with family, significant others or the world, you use the internet as your own personal emotional wastebasket.

I wonder if some of you even know how utterly sick in the head you sound. My guess is you're so antisocial that you probably don't. My point is some of you really do need serious psychological intervention. Because just plain decent people don't think or speak the way some of you do.

Posted at 3:42PM on Nov 12th 2007 by Oh The Horror!

52. Never wish bad ill on anyone unless you want it to come back 10 fold onto u,siisii ....EVERYONE is human no matter what attitude they have. Losing a parent is very hard!

Posted at 3:42PM on Nov 12th 2007 by Kim

53. Here is another legacy for your #45 -----
She left the LEGACY to all of us - Do something with your life - don't let anything stop you!

She regardless of hurdles and distractions went on to raise a productive citizen ---
she got her bachelors, masters and Phd - during a time that society did not want a Black Woman to be anything except a cleaning woman. She perseverd.
The bigots on this blog have nothing on their fore fathers - they spewed the same hate that always have --- they never want to see a Black person do better than them or become more educated than them.

So that's the LEGACY -- Don't let anyone or anything stop you from otaining your dreams!

Posted at 3:46PM on Nov 12th 2007 by 1 More thing

54. OMG!! My prayers go out to Ye and his family...May the higher power keep and bless them.

Posted at 4:09PM on Nov 12th 2007 by SexyReddBne1

55. terrible tragedy

Posted at 4:06PM on Nov 12th 2007 by www.lake-shore.co.uK

56. #56 can you get any more ingnorant?

You are the poster child for "Right to Chose" --- Your mother could have saved us all some time by opting you - OUT.

Lowlife -gutter - uneducated - can barely spell CAT without a spell checker.
Your only contribution to society is out in the back of your house --- the shack with the half moon on it!

Posted at 3:52PM on Nov 12th 2007 by 1 More thing

57. I have to agree with Jacob. Kayne's mother sacrificed her life for a little bit of vanity.

You should not be having liposuction at age 58 unless it is a life or death situation.

She obviously tried to have way too much fat sucked out her and paid for it with her life.

Posted at 3:55PM on Nov 12th 2007 by Dr. Steve

58. What happened to the live feed, we need more brit


PLEASE HARV

Thanks for your commments

Have a great day

Posted at 3:57PM on Nov 12th 2007 by Fly on The Wall

59. what a shame, my prayers go out to the west family.

let this be a lesson to everyone who think they have to go under the knife to fit these hollywood standards. these lipo suction, tummy tucks, breast augmentations are not safe, especially to those who are aging with existing medical conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart desease. be happy with yourself and fix your body naturally through diet and exersize. people can never measure up to hollywoods artifical standards.

Posted at 4:41PM on Nov 12th 2007 by Wake Up Call

60. Fake reality ----now see --- just how stupid you are --- and how I know you were never one of her students.
You can't get "C", in a grad school program -- Masters or PhD and graduate.
Fulbright Scholarships are not an affirmative action program. ...

you sound like you flunked out of school.

She was a great Teacher - you were just a dumba**

Posted at 3:58PM on Nov 12th 2007 by 1 More thing

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