Simone Edwards played for the Seattle Storm, the city on the 47th Parallel. Not by chance she died on the 47th day of the year. She’s also dead at 49, going with the state. Washington = 49

That also she means she died in her 50th year of life. Storm = 50

And that also means she is dead 22-years and change after her first WNBA season with the Storm, which began in May of 2000.
Storm = 22
Basketball = 22

She is dead during Black History Month, the month ending on the 59th day of the year.
Simone Edwards = 59 / 76
–Slave = 59 / 76
–Negro = 59 / 76
–Rasta = 59 / 76
–Blues = 59 / 76
–Seattle Storm = 76