Black Panther’ Star Chadwick Boseman Dies of Cancer at 43
The actor also played groundbreaking figures like James Brown, Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall, becoming one of his generation’s most sought-after leading men.
The actor Chadwick Boseman in 2018. He was 35 when he appeared in his first prominent role, as Jackie Robinson.Credit...Axel Koester for The New York TimesShare on FacebookPost on TwitterMail
Chadwick Boseman, the regal actor who embodied a long-held dream of African-American moviegoers as the star of the groundbreaking superhero film “Black Panther,” died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 43.
His publicist confirmed the death, saying Mr. Boseman’s wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, and family were by his side at the time. A statement posted on Mr. Boseman’s Instagram account said that he learned he had Stage 3 colon cancer in 2016 and that it had progressed to Stage 4.
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