{"id":433882,"date":"2026-02-19T09:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/433882\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T09:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:32:09","slug":"ms-shirley-raines-cause-of-death-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/433882\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ms. Shirley&#8217; Raines Cause of Death Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260218_2c00db2c8698434ea16f16414d29a364\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:25345e92-a426-425b-8968-b364cd9a6f37\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2c00db2c8698434ea16f16414d29a364_md.png\" alt=\"shirley raines insta main\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/shirley-raines\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shirley Raines<\/a> &#8212; also known as activist and founder of Beauty 2 The Streetz, &#8220;Ms. Shirley&#8221; &#8212; passed away from hypertensive heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley&#8217;s daughter Danielle confirmed the news to TMZ &#8230; telling us Shirley had a history of high blood pressure, which she was being treated for at the time of her passing.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260128_c5b41d9631ac43e7850442e52cc9a685\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:25345e92-a426-425b-8968-b364cd9a6f37\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/c5b41d9631ac43e7850442e52cc9a685_md.jpg\" alt=\"Shirley Raines cnn hero of the year naacp image award split sub getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A private service is scheduled for next Monday &#8230; while a public one will be held at a later date.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As we told you &#8230; Shirley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/28\/ms-shirley-raines-dead\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was found unresponsive<\/a> in her Nevada home late last month during a wellness check. She was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>Raines rose to prominence after founding Beauty 2 The Streetz &#8212; a non-profit that provides beauty and hygiene services to people living in the Skid Row area of Downtown Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260128_2d35166ac32648a7be7130aa19dd0b24\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:25345e92-a426-425b-8968-b364cd9a6f37\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2d35166ac32648a7be7130aa19dd0b24_md.jpg\" alt=\"Shirley Raines insta 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rest of the team behind B2TS released a heartfelt statement in Shirley&#8217;s honor after her passing &#8230; saying, &#8220;Her legacy will continue to live on through the work she started and the hearts she touched.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Shirley was 58.<\/p>\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shirley Raines &#8212; also known as activist and founder of Beauty 2 The Streetz, &#8220;Ms. Shirley&#8221; &#8212; passed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-433882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}