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Photo: Teena Marie Mural in Venice

A mural of the late singer Teena Marie is going up in Venice.

A new mural of the late singer Teena Marie is going up in Venice.

The mural project is the brainchild of Tony Vera, a Venice Beach boardwalk performer and is located on Pacific Avenue and 19th Avenue.

Teena Marie is the stage name of Mary Christine Brocker, a Venice High School alumni who had a successful singing career in soul and rhythm and blues music.

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She died in 2010 at age 54.


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