Native American actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather, booed by some and cheered by others in 1973 when she turned down an Oscar on behalf of actor Marlon Brando, died at the age of 75, it was announced Sunday.
In August of this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which awards the Oscars, held a ceremony at the new museum in Los Angeles, on the west coast of the United States, in honor of Littlefeather, during which he asked publicly apologizes for the treatment given to the actress nearly 50 years ago.
In a message, posted on the social network Twitter, about the death of the actress, the Academy quoted Littlefeather: “When I am gone, always remember that whenever you stand for your truth, you will keep alive my voice and the voices of our nations. and people”.
Littlefeather, who was Apache and Yaqui, was booed at the 1973 Academy Awards, in the first ceremony to be broadcast live worldwide, when she explained, on behalf of Marlon Brando, why the actor refused to accept the Oscar for best actor in “The Godfather”.
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