The South African actress Connie Chiumefamous worldwide for her role in the superhero movie ‘Black Panther‘, He died this Tuesday at the age of 72s, according to his family.

“The Chiume family regrets to inform you of the passing of internationally acclaimed and award-winning actress Connie Chiume.“, said a brief statement published late Tuesday on the actress’s personal account on the social network Instagram.

According to the statement, which asks for privacy until more details are communicated, Chiume died in a Johannesburg hospitalSpeaking to a local television channel, her son Nongelo Chiume explained that before receiving the news of her death, his mother had been admitted for a “medical procedure” and it seemed that “was recovering well“.

The veteran actress, daughter of a Malawian father and a South African mother, was born in 1952 in the town of Welkom, in the Free State province and initially graduated in teaching, although she abandoned teaching after a few years in the classroom. “I had never been in show business, much less had I received any kind of acting training,” said the actress herself, recalling the first time she auditioned and was selected, according to local media on Wednesday.

During his versatile career, he acted in different South African television series and She played the leader of one of the tribes that appear in ‘Black Panther’ (2018) and its 2022 sequel, from the Marvel franchise, as well as in the musical film ‘Black is King’ (2020), directed by American singer Beyoncé.

Chiume has been awarded several times at the South African Film and Television Awards (known as SAFTA), among others, after years of playing a wide variety of characters – from a housewife to a criminal – in popular South African series.