Dr. Donda West, the mother and onetime manager of rapper Kanye West, died Saturday in Los Angeles.
According to a report given by her publicist, Patricia Green to BBC News, West she passed away “as the result of complications from a cosmetic surgical procedure.”
There were no specifics with regard to the type of surgery West was in the process of undergoing, but urban celebrity gossip site Mediatakeout.com claims that she was having a tummy tuck. West’s spokesman said the family “asks for privacy during this time of grief.”
She was 58 and a retired professor and former chairwoman of the Chicago State University English department.
