What is Donda West?
{{Infobox person | name = Donda C. West | image = Donda West.jpg | caption = West in August 2007 | death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|11|10|1949|7|12}} | birth_name = Donda C. Williams | birth_date = {{birth date |1949|7|12}} | birth_place = [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]], U.S. | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Heart attack]] caused by [[plastic surgery]] and [[coronary artery disease]] | education = [[Virginia Union University]] (BA)<br />[[Clark Atlanta University]] (MA)<br />[[Auburn University]] (EdD) | occupation = {{flatlist| * Educator * author }} | children = [[Kanye West|Ye]] | spouse = {{marriage|Ray West|1975|1980|reason=divorce}} }} '''Donda C. West''' (née '''Williams'''; July 12, 1949 – November 10, 2007) was an American academic. She was a professor and chair of [[Chicago State University]]'s Communications, Media and Theater. She was the mother of rapper Ye, better known as [[Kanye West]]. ==Life== West was born in [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]] however spent most of her life in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. She began her teaching career in the early 1970s at [[Morris Brown College]] in Atlanta and began working at Chicago State University in 1980. West taught English at [[Nanjing University]] for a year as a scholar through the [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program]]. On November 10, 2007, West died in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] from a [[heart attack]] caused by [[plastic surgery]]-related problems and [[coronary artery disease]] at age 58.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Archive-Kurt-Orzeck|title=Donda West, Kanye's Mother, Died Of Heart Attack: Coroner's Report|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1579429/donda-west-kanyes-mother-died-of-heart-attack-coroners-report/|access-date=September 23, 2021|website=MTV News|language=en|archive-date=July 8, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160708221155/http://www.mtv.com/news/1579429/