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“Boyz n the Hood” actress Esther Scott has died at the age of 66 following a heart attack last week.

According to TMZ, the actress was found unconscious in her Santa Monica home last Tuesday and was taken to the hospital, where she passed away a few days later.

“She loved what she did,” her sister told the outlet. “She would get stopped on the street often and people would recognize her — but they didn’t know her name. Hopefully now people will remember her name, her work and the contributions she gave to the entertainment industry.”

Her rep confirmed to Variety that Scott died on Friday.

Scott’s decades-long career began in the 1980s when she voiced Shodu in the “Ewoks” TV series. In 1991, she starred as Tisha’s grandmother in “Boyz n the Hood.”

Her long list of credits also includes a range of TV and movie projects, including “The Geena Davis Show,” “Hart of Dixie,” “Austin Powers in Goldmember,” “You Got Served,” “Dreamgirls,” “The Pursuit of Happyness,” “Encino Man,” “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “The Craft,” “Melrose Place” and “Senseless.”

In 2016, she played Bridget in Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation.”