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November 13, 2007

RIP, Donda West

By: Bernard Chazelle

My condolences to Kanye West, whose mother, Donda West, passed away on Sunday. Dr. West was 58 years old. She chaired the English department at Chicago State University until 2004, when she left academia to manage her son's career and chair an educational nonprofit.

A sweet song about his mom from his 2005 album Late Registration


Posted at November 13, 2007 09:11 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Pride goeth before the fall. All is vanity, all is illusion.

Posted by: Grottman at November 13, 2007 10:39 PM

Interesting. He did it 11 hours after my post, which is proof that MJ reads your blog!

Posted by: Bernard Chazelle at November 14, 2007 02:45 PM