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- Kaylee Hottle, the deaf American actress who played Jia in Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, has died at 18 following a car accident in Maryland, her father confirmed.
- Her father shared the news via a social media livestream in American Sign Language, saying officials told him her heart stopped while she was being taken to hospital.
- Hottle, who came from a multi-generational deaf family, was praised for bringing authentic sign-language-based representation to a major Hollywood franchise and earned a Saturn Award nomination for the 2024 sequel.
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