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Connie Chiume Dies: ‘Black Panther’ Actor Was 72
Connie Chiume, the South African actor known for her role as tribal leader Zawavari in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther and 2022 sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, died Tuesday at a Johannesburg hospital. She was 72. Her family announced the death on social media. A cause has not been disclosed. The South African government paid tribute […]
Born June 5, 1952, as Gabisile Connie Chiume in South Africa’s Free State province of Welkom. Returning to South Africa after the fall of apartheid, she appeared in many TV series and films before her Hollywood breakthrough as a tribe elder of in the fictional kingdom of Wakanda. Since then, she appeared in the TV series Heart of the Hunter and Soon Comes Night, as well as being featured in Beyoncé’s visual album Black is King(2020).
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