Transgender Sundance Film Festival star dies at 35

By Naveen Apr 21, 2023

a black transgender woman who appeared in the hit 2023 Sundance Film Festival documentary “Kokomo City,” has died, the festival announced Thursday.

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Koko, also known as Rasheeda Williams, was shot and killed Tuesday in Atlanta.

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"We are saddened to hear of the death of Rasheeda Williams aka Koko Da Doll,"the festival wrote.

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"We were honored to have her at this year's festival with Kokomo City,

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where she reminded black women, 'We can do anything, we can be whatever we want to be.'

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The Atlanta Police Department reported the April 18 shooting as one of three homicides this year involving a transgender woman.

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A "person shot" was found at the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW location and she was pronounced dead at the scene, police wrote.

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