Canadian Indigenous actor and artist Taran Kootenhayoo has died at 27. Vancouver-based Kootenhayoo passed away on on New Year's Eve, with no cause of death given.
Indigenous streetwear maker Section 35, for which the actor modeled its latest fashions, was the first to announce Kootenhayoo's death on its Instagram account the next day: "Creator called a legend home.
We love you and you will be missed. Rest in Power Brother." Born in Cold Lake, Alberta, and a member of a member of the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, Kootenhayoo attended acting school at Capilano College in Vancouver and graduated in 2015.
He was best known for his star-turn as Niki,a young homeless man looking for his missing sister, in Bella Ciao!, the 2018 indie feature by.
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