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‘Queen of Katwe’ Actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa Dies of Brain Tumor at Age 15

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The Ugandan teen played a student chess player in the inspirational Disney flick.

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A Ugandan girl who appeared in the Disney movie Queen of Katwe has died of a brain tumor at age 15. Nikita Pearl Waligwa played a young chess player in the 2016 film, which also starred  Lupita Nyong’o. She was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2016 and went into remission, but the cancer returned last year.

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