A transgender comedienne, actress and activist, Daphne Dorman, who was referenced in Dave Chappelle’s Sticks & Stones Netflix special has died.

Dorman, who lived in San Francisco, died by suicide, according to the Office of Transgender Initiatives for the City & County of San Francisco.

In a “hidden extra” of the Netflix special, Chappelle talked about becoming friends with a transgender woman.

Dorman confirmed that she was the person Chappelle was referring to, even changing her Twitter bio to reflect it:

“Yep, I’m the Daphne that Dave Chappelle is talking about in Sticks & Stones,” she wrote, adding “Actress. Activist. Author. Advocate. Amazon.”

Chappelle claimed that Dorman was “laughing the hardest” at the jokes. But not everyone was laughing. Some claimed the comedy was transphobic.

Dorman posted a goodbye message on Facebook on Friday.

She wrote,

“To those of you who are mad at me: please forgive me.”

“To those of you who wonder if you failed me: you didn’t.

“To those of you feel like I failed you: I did and I’m sorry and I hope you’ll remember me in better times and better light.

“I love you all. I’m sorry. Please help my daughter, Naia, understand that none of this is her fault. Please remind her that I loved her with every fiber of my being.”

Confirming the death, her sister Becky Kugler wrote:

“Sweet, sweet Daphne. I so wish we could all have helped you through your darkness.

“We’ll always love you, fly high sweet angel.”

Dorman was a software engineer and held a senior position at Vineti, a software automation and analytics company for cell and gene therapies.