family friend Jeremiah O'Neal. Lenny Kravitz posted a video in which he said that Teena Marie had taken him into her home and helped him when he was struggling early in his career. Death In 2004, while Teena Marie was sleeping in a hotel room, a large picture frame fell and struck her on the head. The blow caused a serious concussion that resulted in momentary seizures for the rest of her life. On the afternoon of December 26, 2010, Teena Marie was found dead by her daughter, Alia Rose, in her Pasadena home. On December 30, 2010, an autopsy was performed by the Los Angeles County coroner, who found no signs of apparent trauma or a discernible cause of death, and concluded she had died from natural causes. She had suffered a generalized tonic–clonic seizure a month before. A memorial service was held at Forest Lawn Cemetery on January 10, 2011. Among those in attendance were Stevie Wonder, Deniece Williams, Smokey Robinson, Queen Latifah, LisaRaye, Sinbad, Tichina Arnold, Shanice Wilson, and Berry Gordy, Jr. Discography Studio albums Wild and Peaceful (1979) Lady T (1980) Irons in the Fire (1980) It Must Be Magic (1981) Robbery (1983) Starchild (1984) Emerald City (1986) Naked to the World (1988) Ivory (1990) Passion Play (1994) La Doña (2004) Sapphire (2006) Congo Square (2009) Beautiful'' (2013) References External links Teena Marie at BBC Music Teena Marie discography at Discogs [ Teena Marie] at Billboard Teena Marie October 2010 interview with DJ Soulswede at Soulinterviews.com "They Don't Sing R&B Like I Do" Teena Marie Interview 2011 with Dan Dodds 1956 births 2010 deaths American dance musicians Record producers from California American women pop singers American rhythm and blues singers Cash Money Records artists Singer-songwriters from California Motown artists Epic Records artists People from Mission Hills, Los Angeles American people of Irish descent American people of Italian descent American people of Portuguese descent American funk singers American soul singers 21st-century American women singers 20th-century American women singers American disco singers American soul guitarists American soul keyboardists American funk guitarists American rhythm and blues guitarists American funk keyboardists American women guitarists American rhythm and blues keyboardists American sopranos Rhythm guitarists Conga players Guitarists from California American women record producers Venice High School (Los Angeles) alumni 20th-century American singers 21st-century American singers Grammy Award winners