Vancouver Indigenous actor and playwright Taran Kootenhayoo dies Last Updated Jan 3, 2021 at 10:26 am PDT (Courtesy GoFundMe/in-memory-of-taran-kootenhayoo) Summary Tarn's sister Cheyanna is remembering her brother as funny, forgiving, fearless VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Taran Kootenhayoo “danced into every room,” according to his sister Cheyanna. Taran — a 27-year-old Indigenous artist, actor, advocate, poet, and playwright — passed away suddenly on New Year’s Eve. Donations and tributes are pouring in from Vancouver’s creative community, with a GoFundMe raising tens of thousands of dollars in mere hours in order to “bring him home to Alberta, and lay our beloved Taran to rest.” We’ve just heard of the passing of Taran Kootenhayoo. Taran was an incredibly talented poet, writer, and actor, who we were fortunate enough to work with in 2019 on Redpatch. pic.twitter.com/M0G0DonRQ9