Auti Angel (October 15, 1969 - March 23, 2022) was an American entertainer. Angel was born in

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and raised in

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. At 18, she launched a professional dancing,

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, and music career. She was paralyzed from the waist down in a 1992 car accident and continued her career. She was a main character on the 2012 The Sundance Channel reality television series ''

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'', which won a Critics Choice Award for "Best Reality TV Show". She was also one of the stars in the HBO film ''

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.'' She died March 22, 2022, of breast cancer.

Filmography

*''Wings of Legacy'' (2006) (Auti) *''

'' (2011) (Nicky) *''Hollywood Sex Wars'' (2011) (Wheelchair Dancer) *''Only Human'' (2019) (Angel) *''Commander in Chief'' (2020) (Wheelchair)

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* * * 1969 births 2022 deaths American choreographers American television actresses American people with disabilities People from Torrance, California Participants in American reality television series People with paraplegia American film actresses Actresses from San Diego 21st-century American actresses Actors with disabilities {{US-screen-actor-1960s-stub