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'Queen of Katwe' star Nikita Pearl Waligwa succumbs to cancer

Nikita Pearl Waligwa at the premier [Photo: Courtesy]

Nikita Pearl Waligwa, a star in Disney’s biographical drama film Queen of Katwe, is dead.

According to Ugandan media, ‘Gloria’, as she was fondly referred to for her role in the film that also starred Lupita Nyong’o, succumbed to brain cancer at TMR International Hospital, Naalya, on February 16.

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