Auti Angel

{{Short description|American entertainer (1969–2022)}}

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| name = Auti Angel

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1969|10|15}}

| birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|03|23|1969|10|15}}

| occupation = Actress, singer, rapper, dancer, choreographer

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Auti Angel (October 15, 1969 – March 23, 2022) was an American entertainer.{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/1735659/Auti-Angel|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710065112/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1735659/Auti-Angel|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-10|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|title=Auti Angel - About This Person|accessdate=2012-03-24}}

Angel was born in San Diego and raised in Torrance, California. At 18, she launched a professional dancing, choreography, and music career. She was paralyzed from the waist down in a 1992 car accident and continued her career.{{cite web|url=http://www.disaboom.com/entertainment-general/auti-angel-carves-out-niche-as-first-hip-hop-wheelchair-singer-and-dancer |title=Auti Angel Carves Out Niche as First Hip Hop Wheelchair Singer and Dancer |publisher=Disboom.com |author=Pam Vetter |accessdate=2012-03-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321020125/http://www.disaboom.com/entertainment-general/auti-angel-carves-out-niche-as-first-hip-hop-wheelchair-singer-and-dancer |archivedate=2012-03-21 }} She was a main character on the 2012 The Sundance Channel reality television series Push Girls,{{cite web|url=http://www.sundancechannel.com/push-girls|title=Push Girls|accessdate=2012-03-24|publisher=The Sundance Channel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323203728/http://www.sundancechannel.com/push-girls/|archive-date=2012-03-23|url-status=dead}} which won a Critics Choice Award{{cite web|url=http://www.lamag.com/laculture/culturefilesblog/2013/06/11/push-girls-win-big-at-critics-choice-awards|title=Push Girls Win Big at Critic's Choice Awards|publisher=www.LAmag.com|author=Andrea Alonso|date=11 June 2013 |accessdate=2013-06-11}} for "Best Reality TV Show". She was also one of the stars in the HBO film Musical Chairs.{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/24/auti-angel-star-of-musical-chairs-on-being-disabled-in-hollywood.html|publisher=The Daily Beast|title=Auti Angel, Star of Musical Chairs, on Being Disabled in Hollywood|date=2012-03-24|accessdate=2012-03-24}}{{cite web |author= |title=Musical Chairs on Demand |url=http://www.twcondemand.com/movies/hbo/hbo-movies/all-movies/musical-chairs |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212215723/http://www.twcondemand.com/movies/hbo/hbo-movies/all-movies/musical-chairs |archivedate=2013-12-12 |accessdate=2013-11-15 |website=twcondemand.com}} She died March 22, 2022, of breast cancer.{{Cite web |title=Auti Angel: 1969-2022 |date=24 March 2022 |url=https://newmobility.com/auti-angel-1969-2022/}}