Djibril Diop Mambéty
Djibril Diop Mambéty (January 1945 – July 23, 1998) was a Senegalese film director, actor, orator, composer and poet.
Though he made only two feature films and five short films, they received international acclaim for their original and experimental cinematic technique and non-linear, unconventional narrative style.
Born to a Muslim family near Dakar, Senegal's capital city, Mambéty was Wolof.
He died in 1998 while being treated for lung cancer in a Paris hospital.
Richard T. Jones
Richard Timothy Jones( born January 16, 1972) is an American actor.
Jones is best known for his portrayals of Laveinio in the dramatic film" The Wood"( 1999) and Mike of the dramatic films" Why Did I Get Married?"( 2007) and" Why Did I Get Married Too?"( 2010).
He is also well known for his role as Bruce Van Exel, court services officer on the CBS television series" Judging Amy" that aired from 1999 to 2005.
Olav Aaraas
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He was born in Fredrikstad.
From 1982 to 1993 he was the director of Sogn Folk Museum, from 1993 to 2010 he was the director of Maihaugen and from 2001 he has been the director of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.
In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
Brian Kennedy (gallery director)
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He is currently the director of the Peabody Essex Museum.
He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019.
He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia( Canberra) from 1997- 2004.
La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil
La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil (or The Little Girl
Who Sold the Sun) is a 1999 Senegalese short drama film, directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty which premiered posthumously after his death in 1998.
" La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil" is a film exalting the lives and promise found among ordinary Senegalese.
It depicts a young beggar girl, Sili, who on crutches, confidently makes her way through a city of obstacles, becoming the first girl to sell a daily newspaper in the competitive world of young male newspaper vendors.
Mambéty dedicated this last film to "the courage of street children".
The scenes are expertly played by non-professional actors and with the participation of the street children.
It was screened as part of the International Forum of New Cinema section at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival in 1999.
"La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil" was originally intended as the second film of a trilogy under the title, "Tales of Ordinary People".
However, Mambety’s untimely death in 1998 prevented the completion of the third film.
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Rucker began his career on the daytime soap operas" As the World Turns" and" All My Children", before roles in Tyler Perry's films
" Why Did I Get Married?
Why Did I Get Married Too?", and" Meet the Browns", and its television adaptation.
In 2016, he began starring as Jacob Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series," Greenleaf".
Ian Barry (director)
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Jason Moore (director)
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Peter Levin
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She is a film director, and an Israeli culture entrepreneur.

Question: What is the cause of death of director of film La Petite Vendeuse De Soleil?
Answer: lung cancer