Actress Natalie Desselle Reid has passed away on Monday, Dec. 7. Her cause of death was reportedly from complications with colon cancer. She was 53.
“It is with extremely heavy hearts that we share the loss of our beautiful Natalie this morning,” a statement from her representatives said. “She was a bright light in this world. A queen. An extraordinary mother and wife.”
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Desselle-Reid is best known for her roles as Mickey in the Robert Townsend directed B*A*P*S, where she starred alongside Halle Berry, as Minerva in the Brandy and Whitney Houston led TV movie Cinderella, and as Janie Egins on the TV sitcom Eve, starring rapper Eve. Other notable acting credits include Set It Off, How To Be A Player, Built To Last and Madea’s Big Happy Family.
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Similar to the late Chadwick Boseman, who died in August, Desselle was privately battling with colon cancer — a diagnosis the longtime actress received earlier this year. Many of her peers left condolences on social media.
“Sad news to hear about my co-star in B*A*P*S and How To Be A Player, Natalie Desselle,” comedian actor Pierre Edwards said. “She was one of the most sweetest, giving actors I’ve ever worked with. She also was a genuinely good person, I was just with her rehearsing for a play in March for the B*A*P*S play. We were the only two original cast members from the movie to be in the play…I’m speechless.”
