He was 44. Dukureh was found dead in the Nashville apartment she shared with her two young children. No foul play was apparent, police said. Dukureh’s role as Thornton, an R&B singer who was the first artist to record the song “Hound Dog”, later made famous by Elvis Presley, was her first major film appearance. He is featured on the “Elvis” soundtrack and appears in the music video for Doja Cat’s song “Vegas”, also from the film’s soundtrack. In addition, Dukureh performed with Doja Cat during the Coachella music festival in April. Dukureh reflected on her breakthrough role in “Elvis” in an interview she shared on Instagram last week, writing: “Gratitude is where I live because my grandmother, my mother, my mom, my family created it and I they instilled it. It’s not a posture. less than or crumb scraping, but someone who recognizes good things is no guarantee and when we meet them gratitude, gratitude is the least we can express.”
