(L.A.) Asungi, 76, Died in Long Beach

Case Number: 2025-19871

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 76-year-old Black female that occurred at her residence in Long Beach.

The coroner’s office identified the woman as Asungi .

Manner of Death: Natural

Cause of Death: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

RIP ASUNGI ( December 21, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Sunday.

The decedent was the gender activist and artist AfraShe Asungi, HHHAS, MFA, MSW, LCSW.

Her legal name appears to have been the mononym Asungi.

She was an MFA graduate of the University of Chicago.