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Post by The Big PINK One♥ on Nov 13, 2007 7:39:49 GMT -5
 LOS ANGELES - The mother of Kanye West may have died of complications related to a surgical procedure at a hospital, a coroner's official said Monday.
Preliminary information indicated she died from "complications of surgery," Lt. Fred Corral told The Associated Press. An autopsy was expected to be conducted by Wednesday, Corral said.
West had approached a plastic surgeon months ago about a procedure, but he declined to perform it because of a pre-existing medical condition and he never heard back from her, the surgeon's publicist said Monday.
West died Saturday night at age 58 at Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center in Marina Del Rey after she stopped breathing at her home, according to Deborah Ettinger, a hospital vice president. She was taken to the hospital by paramedics.
"We tried to resuscitate her, but were unsuccessful," Ettinger said.
West did not have surgery at the hospital, said Ettinger. It was not immediately clear where she had the surgery, or what the procedure was for. The Kanye West Foundation referred calls to a publicist who did not immediately respond to messages for comment.
Patricia Green, a consultant who has worked as a publicist for West in the past, had previously told news agencies that West died after cosmetic surgery. She backed away from those comments in later interviews with the AP, saying she was not sure of the cause because she had received conflicting information.
West met with Dr. Andre Aboolian of Beverly Hills to inquire about cosmetic surgery in June, said the surgeon's publicist, Jo-Ann Geffen. Aboolian told West two weeks ago that she needed to get a medical clearance before he would agree to do the surgery, but never heard back from her, Geffen said.
Aboolian was concerned about a condition West had that could have posed a problem after surgery, said Geffen, declining to elaborate because of patient privacy rights.
"He simply said that in order for him to be comfortable, he felt it necessary to have a medical clearance before he'd touch her," Geffen said.
Geffen said she didn't know if West had cosmetic surgery elsewhere.
"He feels terrible because he said she was such a sweet lady," Geffen said.
West was known for the strong bond she shared with her hip-hop star son. She was often seen by his side at parties and award shows. Kanye West often spoke of his close relationship with his mother, who raised him alone after her husband left when Kanye was 3.
The former chairwoman of Chicago State University's English department, Donda West served as chief executive of West Brands LLC, the parent company of her son's business enterprises. She also was chairwoman of the Kanye West Foundation, an educational nonprofit that works to decrease dropout rates and improve literacy.
On bahalf of Miss, I would like to send out condolenses to Kanye's family and close friends of the West family at this time. |
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Post by LiL ThUg iT JaYe on Nov 13, 2007 14:05:27 GMT -5
Yeah I remember this. I woke up that morning and saw it on the news. I felt so bad its so sad to lose a loved one but everything will be okay.
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Post by The Big PINK One♥ on Nov 15, 2007 18:34:59 GMT -5
yeah I cant imagine the grief that Kanye is dealing with at this point. Like Im wondering if its hit him yet. You know what I mean? Like I lost my sister and it took a long time for me to really grasp the fact that, hey, Im not gonna see her again. I wont be able to go over to her house on the weekends like I liked to. I wouldn't be able to see my nephew as often. I wouldn't have anyone in my corner... these things go into play in your mind and it hurts. It really does. It takes time to really see that whatever suffering that they may have been going through is now over and although you are grieving and missing them, they are now in a better place. It just takes ALOT of time. Especially someone thats really close like a parent, child or a sibling.
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Post by LiL ThUg iT JaYe on Nov 15, 2007 19:47:21 GMT -5
Yeah I can imagine. I used to always have this fear of being away from my mom days at a time, because I feared that. If something happened when I was away, that I wouldn't be able to say good-bye or say the things I want to say to her you know. I don't have that problem as much anymore. I'm comfortable with being away from home at periods of time and all but I'll always be calling, texting, or e-mailing. Just to stay on top of things and make sure she's okay, everyone jokes around and says I sound like the mom, but I don't care, it cracks me up, and I could care less how it seems. Its because I love my mom so much, she's the only one whose done the things she's done for me. I've never had anyone close to me pass away so I can never truly describe or say oh it feels this way, or this is how I felt.
But when I think about the people who are very close to me, I think to myself they will always be here for me, but I do wonder in the mind what it will like when they pass. I have had family members pass and all. I think personally I deal with death okay. I know that its not easy to not grief and mourn, because I believe everyone had that stage in their life when something like that happens to them, but at the same time I know that they are in a better place, and eternal life is better than life here on earth, you miss having them around, but when you think about it sometimes they never really left, spirit lives on.
I was watching on TV a memoriam special on Donda, and I learned that she want to a university hospital UCLA Medicial Center for the surgery, and the surgeon refused to do it. Saying that she has a pre-exsisting heart conditions, she was over weight, she had high blood pressure, she wasn't in the best physical shape, and that her age played a minor factor as well. So then she went to another doctor who performed this surgery and then she passed.
I was thinking to myself, did she know to look into this doctor, or look at his educational background, or his statistics, and all, or did she just go with the flow. I'm hoping that she did look into him. Even if she was given falsified information, at least she looked into it you know.
I feel you about your loss that is hard. I know that if my best friend who I consider to be my sister passed on I would b e a wreck. I know that within time I would pick up the pieces and be okay and all but that is hard. I'm sorry about her passing, if you don't mind. I don't want to offended you, but how did she pass? You don't have to tell me, especially if it makes you uncomfortable.
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