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Sequana Joi Cooke Harris had been riding motorcycles for eight years when the career opportunity of a lifetime came along.

Deadpool 2 needed a stunt double for Domino, a character in the sequel played by actor Zazie Beetz, for a motorcycle scene. It required a double to ride a powerful Ducati Hyperstrada 939 through the Vancouver Convention Centre and down a set of stairs outside before coming to a stop.

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An exception was made to bring in an American performer, Harris, from Brooklyn, N.Y., for the film, which stars Vancouver’s Ryan Reynolds as the titular Marvel Comics anti-hero.

Harris, 40, died after she lost control of the motorcycle and was thrown into a plate-glass window.

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According to her website, Harris received her racing licence in 2013 and began racing in 2014. She described herself as the first African-American woman to compete in an American Motorcyclist Association-sanctioned event.