Disney Actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa Dies at 15 of Brain Tumor

Disney Actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa Dies at 15 of Brain Tumor
Nikita Waligwa in 'Queen of Katwe.' Walt Disney Pictures via CNN
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A 15-year-old child actress who appeared in a 2016 Disney film about a chess prodigy has died, according to local officials.

Nikita Pearl Waligwa, who appeared in “Queen of Katwe,” died on Saturday at a hospital near the Ugandan capital, Kampala, her school confirmed. Her cause of death was due to a brain tumor.

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