“I’m in a state of shock. I’m heartbroken. One minute is needed,” read Berry’s caption.
Written by actress Troy Bai and directed by Robert Ta Sensend, the film revolves around two Georgian women who try out Los Angeles and raise some money to start their own business.
Diesel Reed has appeared in several other projects, including the 2011 Tyler Perry film “Media’s Big Happy Family” and the TV sitcom “Eve”.
Berry wrote that Diesel Reed “could never dim his light and it was contagious.”
“Natalie represented the real black women, not black women,” Berry wrote. “So she was often miserable, passing by – deprived of the stage she deserved. But her light continues to shine among those who have grown up watching her, those who know her well.” And those of us who loved him. “