Disney Queen of Katwe star Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies aged 15 after being diagnosed with brain tumour
- Nikita Pearl Waligwa played Gloria in the film about a Ugandan chess prodigy
- She was first diagnosed with tumour in 2016 but given the all-clear a year later
- But her family told of their heartbreak when another tumour was then detected
- She died at hospital in Naalya, Kampala, last night, Ugandan media reports
Disney film Queen of Katwe star Nikita Pearl Waligwa has died aged 15 after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Nikita Pearl played Gloria in the film – also staring Lupita Nyong’o and – about a chess prodigy from a Ugandan slum.
The youngster was first diagnosed with the tumour in 2016 but was told she was cancer-free a year later.
Disney film Queen of Katwe star Nikita Pearl Waligwa has died aged 15 after being diagnosed with a brain tumor
But her family told of their heartbreak when another tumour was then detected.
She died at hospital in Naalya, Kampala, last night, Ugandan media reports.
![Nikita Pearl played Gloria in the film - also staring Lupita Nyong'o and - about a chess prodigy from a Ugandan slum. Pictured: Madina Nalwanga and Lupita Nyong'o in The Queen of Katwe](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/16/12/24803132-8009687-The_star_of_Disney_film_Queen_of_Katwe_has_died_aged_15_after_be-a-11_1581857644757.jpg)
Nikita Pearl played Gloria in the film – also staring Lupita Nyong’o and – about a chess prodigy from a Ugandan slum. Pictured: Madina Nalwanga and Lupita Nyong’o in The Queen of Katwe