The Elvis actor, who was also a blues singer, was found dead at her apartment in Nashville, US last month.
Shonka Dukureh’s cause of death has been disclosed by authorities, according to US media reports.
According to documents obtained by Us Weekly, the coroner on Monday (29 August) ruled that the late actor’s death was due to natural causes.
Dukureh, who is survived by her two young children, died from heart-related conditions or “hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease”, it has now emerged.