May 03--The mother of slain rapper Tupac Shakur died in her Bay Area home Monday night, sheriff's officials said.
Deputies responded to a report of a possible cardiac arrest at 9:34 p.m. at the home of Afeni Shakur in Sausalito, according to the Marin County Sheriff's Office.
The 69-year-old was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 10:28 p.m., sheriff's officials said.
The Marin County Sheriff's/Coroner's office will investigate to determine the cause and manner of her death.
Afeni Shakur oversaw the late rapper's estate after his untimely death in 1996. Tupac Shakur died at 25 after a 1996 drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.
Last year, Afeni Shakur offered up never-before-seen artifacts from the rapper's estate for "All Eyez on Me: The Writings of Tupac Shakur," an exhibit at the Grammy Museum.
The exhibit feature Shakur's handwritten notes, lyrics and poems, interview and performance footage, and outfits he wore.
The rapper mostly famously penned the poem "The Rose That Grew from Concrete" for his mother.
"I say it every time, that Tupac left us the blueprints to follow," said Afeni Shakur in 2006.
Afeni Shakur was a member of the Black Panther Party and spent part of the time she was pregnant with the rapper in prison. As a member of the New York 21, she was accused -- and acquitted -- of conspiring to bomb department stores and police stations.
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