Sacheen Littlefeather, actress and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s Oscar, has died
nme.comAcademy Awards – has died at the age of 75.Her passing was confirmed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter, a caretaker of Littlefeather’s said she died at noon on Sunday (October 2), surrounded by loved ones at her home in the Northern California city of Novato.
An exact cause of death was not confirmed, however Littlefeather had long been open about her various struggles with ill health.Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Academy Award, dies at 75.
pic.twitter.com/OlpsoItlCw— The Academy (@TheAcademy) October 3, 2022In 2018, she developed stage four breast cancer, which evolved from a prior diagnosis that she’d been in remission from since 2012.
Last year, she told The Guardian that her cancer had metastasised to her right lung, leaving her terminally ill.Just two weeks ago, at a ceremony held by the Academy in Littlefeather’s honour, she acknowledged that her passing would be imminent: “I’m crossing over soon to the spirit world.
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