Black Lightning Actress Charlbi Dean Dead at 32 After Unexpected Sudden Illness

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In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2022

Hollywood has mislaid a rising star.

Actress Charlbi Dean, who portrayed Syonide connected the erstwhile CW bid Black Lightning, passed distant connected Aug. 29 from "an unexpected abrupt illness," a rep for the South African prima confirmed to NBC News. No further details astir Dean's decease person been shared publically astatine this time.

In summation to Black Lightning, Dean besides appeared on the CBS bid Elementary and was a palmy model. And successful October, Dean's film Triangle of Sadness, which co-stars Woody Harrelson, is acceptable to beryllium released successful theaters. Back successful May, Dean appeared alongside her co-stars astatine the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, wherever the movie won the coveted Palme d'Or award. 

"It took a full squad to marque this time possible, 3 years to get this task here, household and friends for supporting maine and galore much years of dreaming," Dean wrote connected Instagram after walking the reddish carpet. "Thank you to each involved [heart emojis] peculiar acknowledgment to @dior for my imagination formal and @chopard for my unreal jewelry."

And aft the movie won apical honors, Dean returned to Instagram to give the squad a shout-out. 

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"Congratulations our household we did it!!! @ruben_ostlund you're the GOAT I'm everlastingly thankful for you for trusting maine to beryllium isolated of your genius and my beloved @sinaostlund," she wrote. "Can't judge I had the champion twelvemonth making this during 1 of the hardest times successful my life. Here's immoderate pics of the twelvemonth successful Sweden and Greece during the pandemic. Forever and ever our @triangleofsadness family."

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