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Actress Natalie Desselle-Reid dead at 53

Photo from Natalie's Instagram account

Actress Natalie Desselle- Reid has passed away. She was 53.

The comedic actress, known for her role in B*A*P*S, How to Be a Player, Cinderella, and the television series Eve, died after a battle with colon cancer.

The news of her passing was posted to her Instagram account on Monday. 

"It is with extremely heavy hearts that we share the loss of our beautiful Natalie this morning from colon cancer. She was a bright light in this world. A queen. An extraordinary mother and wife.
Her diverse career touched so many and she will be loved forever. Naturally, we are grieving and processing this profound loss and we thank you in advance for respecting our privacy at this extremely difficult time. "

Halle Berry, Natalie's co-star in B*A*P*S, posted a video clip of the two as their characters in the 1997 comedy film.