via BlackAmericaWeb: Queen Latifah is in mourning tonight. Her beloved mother, Rita Owens has died. The rapper/singer/actress has been her mother’s caretaker for several years while she battled a heart condition. Born Dana Owens in New Jersey, she turned 48 on March 18th. Latifah shared the news in a statement to People.com: “It is with a […]
Award-winning actress, singer, songwriter, television producer and talk show host Queen Latifah looks mean in green in NBC’s adaptation of The Wiz Live! (she’s “The Wiz”), but offscreen Latifah goes red for her mother and the millions of people diagnosed with heart failure (HF). Queen Latifah and her mother Rita Owens, who suffers from heart […]
Queen Latifah sat down with HuffPost Live on Tuesday to chat about an array of topics, including her mother’s experience with congestive heart failure. In partnership with the American Heart Association’s Rise Above Heart Failure movement, Latifah and her mother, Rita Owens, who was diagnosed with the condition 10 years ago, is raising awareness about the […]
