Yakira Chambers

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Who is Yakira Chambers? NCIS: Hawaii dedicates episode to late ... (HITC)

A title card bearing Yakira Chambers's name appeared at the end of last night's episode of NCIS: Hawaii, Rising Sun season 2 episode 11.

At the time of writing, the campaign has raised more than $40,000 of a $70,000 goal. She added: “Yakira’s passion extended beyond her daily work in the business; she loved helping others create a way out of no way. The bio reads: “Yakira’s passing is particularly devastating because she had just started realizing her dreams. Her mother told the publication: “Her sudden and untimely death has left us all grief-stricken. The CBS police drama, which airs on Mondays, is back for its second season. Yakira

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NCIS Hawaii fans 'sobbing' as series pays tribute to Yakira ... (Daily Express)

Yakira Chambers worked as a staff writer on the hit action drama and also acted alongside Issa Rae in The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl and Insecure.

The writer and actress Yakira Chambers was just 42 when she died last November, and fans were left emotional by the [CBS](/latest/cbs) drama’s touching message. “It was important to her… [NCIS: Hawaii](/latest/ncis-hawaii) paid tribute to one of its key writers at the end of its latest episode with a touching title card. Rest In Love My Beautiful Angel," she concluded. Yakira, I will miss you, we will miss you… “Yakira was a light, a symbol of hope to our community, a steward of our culture, and a representation of what pursuing your dreams looks like.”

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Who is Yakira Chambers? NCIS: Hawaii airs title card tribute (CarterMatt)

Who is Yakira Chambers? It is understandable if you are asking that question following tonight's new NCIS: Hawaii episode.

It takes hundreds of people to bring a show to life, and often they are a tight-knit family behind closed doors. As some of you may know, title card tributes are one of the best ways that a series can honor someone who was an essential part of their world behind the scenes. Her voice was powerful, and it will be missed greatly. She always wrote my character, Jane Tennant, as a strong bada– woman and mother. She also was responsible herself for writing a handful of episodes, with her most-recent one being “Curtain Call” earlier this season. (She was officially promoted to story editor leading up to season 2.) Prior to being a part of the Vanessa Lachey series, she had appeared on-screen in an episode of Insecure and had a number of other credits as an actress.

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