Yakira Chambers, ‘Insecure’ Actress & ‘NCIS: Hawai’i’ Story Editor Dies After Collapsing Outside Mall
NCIS: Hawai’i writer and story editor Yakira Chambers has died at the age of 42 after collapsing outside a mall.
According to Deadline, Chambers’ preliminary cause of death is acute asphyxiation, a condition that’s caused by lack of oxygen. She was with her mother outside a mall in Newport Beach, California, on Wednesday, November 30, when she began having breathing difficulties and then collapsed.
Chambers joined NCIS: Hawai’i as a staff writer in its first season, penning four episodes. She was promoted to story editor for Season 2.
Prior to joining the NCIS franchise, Chambers had a number of acting credits, including appearances on HBO’s Insecure and the comedy series M.O. Diaries, in which she played Michelle Obama. She also starred alongside Terry Crews in the movie John Henry.
Chambers was also developing her own projects, including a TV pilot about former gang leader turned community services advocate Larry Hoover, and Myseducation, a pilot centered on her own “experiences growing up on the Southside [of Chicago] and attending a majority-white high school.”
In a statement (via Deadline), her family said, “Her sudden and untimely death has left us all grief-stricken. Yakira was a light, a symbol of hope to our community, a steward of our culture, and a representation of what pursuing your dreams looks like.
“Yakira’s passion extended beyond her daily work in the business; she loved helping others create a way out of no way. She believed in equity, and the demarginalization of persons of color to create a level playing field for all. This passion was actualized in the form of her foundation, CureConstanceFoundation, an organization born out of the necessity for finding financial options for those in health crisis.”
She is survived by her husband, Anthony Welch, stepson André Welch, and her mother, Constance Chambers. Her family has also created a GoFundMe campaign to help cover funeral and other expenses.
Chambers is set to be honored during the highly-anticipated, three-hour NCIS crossover, which will air on January 2, 2023.
NCIS–NCIS: Hawai’i–NCIS: LA Crossover, Monday, January 2, 2023, 8/7c, CBS
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I think this is ludicrous you mean every time some well known person who can certainly pay for funeral expenses can pay for the cost of their funeral. This GoFundMe is becoming a bit too much. It for the people on the low end. People wake up stop funding every time they ask.l
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You are absolutely correct.
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Why is someone starting a go fund me page for a successful woman’s funeral expenses. I wish people would stop using the tragedy of losing a family member to try and make a quick buck. Disgusting.
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Are you God and know how much money she had?! No! Celebrities lose money just like nonfamous people do.
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Her family is giving Gofundme a bad reputation. They shouldn’t need the money. If they can’t afford an expensive funeral, they need to get a budget funeral like so many others.
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Budget funeral?! No such thing! Funerals are high and who are these many others are
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AGREED !!!!!
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There are so many ppl story not making headlines because they know that the COVID-19 shot is the cause of death in so many ppl the shot was never supposed to be given to ppl it was said in court that it cause heart problems an break down your immune system they said within 5 years or sooner u will be dead...
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As soon as I heard them say starting a go fund me I said the exact same pay for your own funeral I mean please maybe you want a statue try grieving not greeding
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She had a well paying job on NCIS Hawaii. Why does she need a GoFundMe page. Don't get it
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How long had it been since her COVID booster????
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It’s too late for the ppl that already got the shot it was said in court that that shot was never supposed to be given to ppl or they would be dead with in a 5 year period or sooner but a lot of ppl let the government put fear in them or treating there jobs or the ppl wanted to be granted access to go certain places was it worth it???????
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