Rap star Kanye West’s mother, Donda West, died in a Los Angeles-area hospital due to possible complications from surgery, a spokesperson with the L.A. County Coroner’s office said. She was 58. West helped manage her son’s businesses and educational foundation after retiring in 2004 after 30 years as an English professor at Chicago State University. She died Saturday night at Centinela Freeman Hospital in seaside Marina del Rey. Donda West’s spokesperson, Patricia Green, declined to comment on the cause of death, but reports on various media said she died because of complications related to a cosmetic procedure. The L.A. County Coroner’s office said it would perform an autopsy on West later this week to determine the cause of death. The spokesman did not know what surgery West had. She worked as chief executive of West Brands LLC, the parent company of her son’s business ventures, and as head of the Kanye West Foundation.”She was a universal model,” Green said about West. “She made people want to be around her.” Mother and son spoke frequently about their close relationship.