‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Star Kaylee Hottle Dies at 18

By Ellise Shafer

Ellise Shafer

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Kaylee Hottle, the actress known for her roles in “Godzilla vs. Kong” and “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” died on Tuesday in a car accident. She was 18.

Her father, Joshua Hottle, announced the news in a Facebook livestream using American Sign Language and confirmed her death to TMZ, saying that she died in a car accident in Maryland and he was flying from Texas to claim her body. Texas School for the Deaf, where Hottle was a senior, also confirmed the news in a statement on social media. Hottle and her father are both deaf and come from a multi-generational deaf family.

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