Dorothy Steel, the Black Panther actress who launched her screen career at age 88, died on Friday morning at her home in Detroit.
She was 95.While a cause of death has not been disclosed, her agent Cindy Butler confirmed the news in a post published to Facebook. “It’s with a Heavy heart I announce this morning Dorothy Steel transitioned this morning in her hometown of Detroit.
That is what she wanted to be home,” Butler wrote. “Thank you Ms. Dorothy for giving me the opportunity to ride this wave with you.
Thank you for all the Casting Directors who hired Ms. Dorothy. Thank you to the world for loving on her from afar.”Steel was born in Detroit on February 23, 1926, portraying Merchant Tribe Elder in Ryan Coogler’s critically acclaimed
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