Nikita Pearl Waligwa, Star of ‘Queen of Katwe,’ Dies at 15 (Published 2020)
The Ugandan teenager, who debuted in the 2016 Disney film about a chess whiz, died of brain cancer, her school said. Nikita Pearl Waligwa, the young Ugandan newcomer who starred in “Queen of Katwe,” the 2016 Disney film about a chess champion’s coming of age, has died of a brain tumor. She was …
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