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Kanye West’s Mom Dies of Cosmetic Surgery

Kanye West’s Mom Dies of Cosmetic Surgery

New details regarding the death of Kanye West’s mother, Donda West, have surfaced.

According to her publicist, Donda passed away “as the result of complications from a cosmetic surgical procedure” at Centinela Hospital in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles.

An autopsy is expected to be performed later this week.

Donda, 58, was the chairwoman of Kanye’s education foundation and author of Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Star.

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65 Comments

# 1

How sad - I love Kanye to distraction! My heart goes out to him….they were so close.

# 2
bad-a-bing @ 11/12/2007 at 3:13 pm

Wow, what a way to go.

# 3

thats sad.

# 4
pink_tulips @ 11/12/2007 at 3:16 pm

condolence

# 6

That is so sad. May God Bless.

# 7

So sad, what is wrong with society.

# 8

:[ my condolences to kanye and the rest of the family. this is so terrible.

# 9

my heart goes out to him and his family RIP

I want a Zanessa sighting.

My heartfelt condolences to Kanye West and his family.

That is really sad. I can’t believe people are still dying today from cosmetic surgery. It is crazy how some people will go under the knife many many times and be fine, but another person will have their first procedure ever and die.

You sicko number 13 get off of this website

can’t say and Evil Dead, this is not the time or place for that. Please show some respect for Kanye, his family and his fans.

Original Shar @ 11/12/2007 at 3:30 pm

My heart goes out to Kanye and his family. What a terrible way to lose a loved one.

what the frick is with these “i want zanessa sightings” comments?! i love zanessa as much as the next person, but seriously, dont you think this is the WRONG place to talk about it?!

r.i.p :(

agree with $21
i really love zanessa too, especially vanessa, but omg…

My prayers are with Kanye and his family. Its hard to loose your mother and even harder when the two of you are close. People always telling me god dosnt make mistakes and i admit even now I cannot see the truth in that statement but in time I will and so shall he. Peace and Blessings in this time of sorrow.

That sucks big time….too bad..dont like that guys personality but I feel sorry for him..condolences…hope he finds the strength to get through this

It’s crazy. She could’ve avoided her death if she wasn’t so obsessed with looking to impress.

omg thats sad… n wtf is wrong w/ the people and there “zanessa sightings!” SOMEONE’S MOTHER JUST DIED who the f*uck gives a sh*it about zanessa right now and if u do go talk about it somewhere else!!!!! R.I.P. Donda West

May God Bless You and your family, Kanye. This is a heartbreaking tragedy.

That sucks!
I feel bad for Kanye

While I don’t care for his style of entertainment, I am sorry for his loss.

I hope when the time is right he will use his celebrity statis to right the wrongs that are allowed in the cosmetic field.

who gives a **** i dont care if she died or your mother did

Damn some people are really hatin here..RIP Mrs West that is so sad i’m supposed to see Kanye on this Saturday 17th @ Paris for the opening of his tour but I don’t think he’s gonna come and i understand why.

what is the deal with plastic surgeons not liking blacks - get off the racial thing - the poor woman died and she was going to pay like the rest of the people (white) have a little sympathy

People who keep saying zannessa sighting GET A ******* LIFE!!!! and the person who said surgons hate black people grow up not everyones raciest you yourself are raciest for saying that

the person who said the thing about plastic surgeons not liking black people was tryin to be sarcastic about it… remember when kanye said bush didnt like black people? yeaa NOT the time to be making smart a*ss remarks like that!!!!! GET A LIFE!!!!

[~Famous~] @ 11/12/2007 at 4:23 pm

wow, there are some real disrespectful people on here.

WHOA! THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUUUGGEE LAWSUIT!

I am sorry to hear this. Medical Errors are on the rise in USA. The #3 reasons why people die in the USA is because of medical errors. Plastic surgery is not worth the risk. Tyra Banks had a program showing plastic surgery mess-ups. Star Jones had complications following breast enhancement surgery.

CoCoa-Brown @ 11/12/2007 at 4:40 pm

A SHAME.WHEN ARE PEOPLE GONNA LEARN?MY PRAYERS FOR KANYE AND THE FAMILY.

People who are talking about Zanessa seriously need to take the loving to another topic. You’ll post in every topic even if it’s about someone’s death, how disrespectful can you be?

My best wishes go out to Kanye & his entire family.

That’s heartbreaking.
I feel for Kanye….
My thoughts are with the family.

LOL SO MANY FUNNY COMMENTS…BUT IT IS ACTUALLY SAD THAT SHE IS DEAD BUT ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT PPL SHUD LEARN FROM THIS…GOD MADE US THE WAY WE R FOR A REASON AND EVRYONE IS DIFFERENT WHICH IS A GOOD THING SO PPL SHUD NOT TRY TO ME THE SAME AS SOMEONE THEY SEE ON TV OR WHAT PPL CONSIDER TO BE THE RIGHT WAY TO LOOK. SURGERY SHUD IS ONLY FOR WHEN PPL ARE ILL OR HURT LIKE IN FIRE OR SOMETHING BUT NOT FOR PPL WHO R HEALTHY. I HOPE HE DONT RELEASE A SAD SINGLE FOR HIS MUM…HE SHUD ACTUALLY MAKE HIS MUM AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS WH R THINKING OF GOING THROUGH CS X

What a tragedy ! I bet if Kanye West wasn’t selling that many records, this wouldn’t have happened to his momager. more money mo” problems! I guess if they were still a normal family and back in the dayz when his mother was still a regular working folk, plastic surgery would never have crossed her mind.

grow up little immature kids who want the “zanessa” photos. i love zac efron (mostly because he’s hot) just as much as you do, but pay some respect to the deceased.

although i can imagine one ten year old girl writing all of those messages but just with a different screen name everytime. how clever..

Noneya beez wax @ 11/12/2007 at 6:26 pm

Kayne is a total ******…this is just karma catching up with his ignorance.

shoes4life @ 11/12/2007 at 6:26 pm

My condolences to the family.

With this unfortunate situation it shows how dangerous plastic surgery really is. There are many deaths each year from the complications of unnecessary surgery so that a person can look a certain way. To me plastic surgery has gotten out of hand when it was something that was meant to help people who were injured or born with disfigurations. Actually the name should be changed to vanity surgery. Mr. West’s mother was to old to be going under the knife for a tummy tuck & breat implants in the first place (what I mean is the risk were far too high for her, especially for a women of color who may have had other medical conditions such as high blood pressure), and it also shows that even with all the money they had & the best plastic surgeons couldn’t make her better or save her life. I hope Mr. West use this tragedy to be an advocate against unnecessary plastic surgery. To me the only women who need breast implants are the women who lost their breast to breast cancer, that is really what it was meant for, but greed of the Dr’s who perform it & the lust of those to look perfect (whatever that looks like because there is no such thing)has turned this into one of the most requested unnecessary surgeries in the country. Society needs to learn to love who we were created to be and work with what we have and not pine after someone elses nose, stomach, breast, face, etc.

msgudidedmama @ 11/12/2007 at 6:44 pm

hopefully this will bring light to the real risks of casual surgeries. As a mom , I could not volunteer for surgery knowing that I have a risk of dying. Needed surgery is one thing, but the devastation that the very real risk of surgery bring are NOT worth the sadness it leaves behind.

K. West doesn’t loves his mother just like Bush doesn’t loves white people.

AJ&BP fanatic @ 11/12/2007 at 6:56 pm

My Condlences to Kanye & family. Peace.

What it boils down to is that none of us will really know what caused her death until an autopsy is completed. Any kind of surgery can be dangerous to people who have to be put under using anesthetic and the risk is higher for those who have health issues. I had a CT scan done a month back and received a dye substance that had to be injected before the scan and had to sign release forms that basically said that if I died due to a reaction caused by the dye, I would not hold them liable. I would never put myself in this situation for cosmetic purposes because you just don’t know what will happen to you but if it is deemed necessary due to health issue’s then it would be a chance I would have to take. Don’t get me wrong, in no way am I saying that this was her own fault because it is such a sad loss for Kanye and his family but to take off a few extra pounds or to fix something I don’t like, well, to me, it’s not worth it. I send my condolences to the West family and pray that they will find the strength to get them through this dark time in their life. God Bless.

hey 19 sophie @ 11/12/2007 at 7:01 pm

19 sophie : 11/12/2007 at 3:35 pm
what the frick is with these “i want zanessa sightings” comments?! i love zanessa as much as the next person, but seriously, dont you think this is the WRONG place to talk about it?!
______________________

Youre right but its not their fans. Its Zanessa’s PUBLICIST’S..
HYPING THIS FAUX COUPLE.THAT ZAC&VANESSA ARE SO WANTED- BY THEIR FANS..WHAT A BUNCH OF LOW-LIFES!!NO RESPECT WHAT SO EVER!!.
_________________

I send my best wishes to the West’s at this time.

will smith @ 11/12/2007 at 7:08 pm

35 [~Famous~] : 11/12/2007 at 4:23 pm
wow, there are some real disrespectful people on here.
****
You would know ,your’e one, if not the worse of the disrepectful bloggers. U called Violet a violation,u disrespected angeelina’s mom, spoke dirty of her and she’s passed,and I could go on and on.
Boy what nerves you have unfamous.
Leave Violet alone,and people resting to.
Kanye take care.

POOR THING. STAY STRONG KANYE.

Bang Bang @ 11/12/2007 at 7:20 pm

so sad !!! BUT its good example why we should NOT do cosmetic surgeries,,, even the money cant buy u everything….she probably had the best team,but her body couldnt make it ! WE are beautiful the way we are…we should start to respect more the natural beauty, not the FAKE all look alike clones!

Whoa, very sudden and unexpected death then. I am sure Donda & her family never expected her to go in for cosmetic surgery and not make it through the operation… so so so sad to hear that. My thoughts are with the family.

Thats so awful!!
Very sad…

SEPIAVELVET @ 11/12/2007 at 8:56 pm

Kanye,
I was LITERALLY just listening to your album “LATE REGISTRATION” on Sunday, marveling at your genius, your articulation, at the wonderful job that your Mother did raising such a talented man when I got in my car I heard the news and I was devastated for you. My heart goes out to you dear. As a young woman of 18 yrs, I lost my father suddenly from a car crash, I thought I would never get over it. I didnt think I could survive the world without him there to love and protect me. Then I realized that he’d ALWAYS be with me, in my smile, my mannerisms, the things he taught, like how to be strong. And I had a responsibility to him, to show my love by continuing to be the person he raised me to be.
Be strong young brother, Donda will be with you always, watching you from above.

nappyheadedhoe @ 11/12/2007 at 9:14 pm

damn that ***** is fugly, what did she die of, complete overhaul?

My thoughts and prayers are with Kanye and his family… God help and bless them through this difficult time…

So sad. And a very educated woman who helped her son use his talents in the right way. My prayers are with Kanye and the family.

ahh well there’s proof, if you ever needed it, that looks *can* kill.

What an awful way to die. What a waste.

omg pppl are so horrible. im crying cos of some horrible posts. i feel so sorry for kanye. i sort of know what he’s going though, i lost my frieind last year, she just died in her sleep. so sudden, it hurt so bad and still does a year on. i pray for kanye and his family .

Justjaded @ 11/13/2007 at 6:25 am

Very sad. I heard Ms. West passed from complications of a tummy tuck and breast reduction surgery, read about it in the Daily News. Here’s the link: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/11/13/2007-11-13_kanye_wests_mom_dies_after_cosmetic_surg.html

very sad and tragic and all. may not be relevant right now but how ugly she is on picture! man! at first sight i thought she was a drag-queen! anyway…Sad!

my condolences goes out to Kanye and his family. i can’t imagine what it feels like to lose a mother, especially when you have a special bond. this is just terrible period, regardless of what she died from.

TheRealMoni @ 11/13/2007 at 10:36 am

OK - OK I’ve calmed down, now.

Plastic Surgeons dont like black people.

#17 i totaly agree with u…..
sorry 4 kanye west tho….
at least his mum saw him be famous and saw all this attention he was gettin…..

that life !!!

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