Chadwick Boseman
1977-2020
It was shocking news last night to learn of the death of actor Chadwick Boseman at the way-too-young age of 42. He had been suffering from colon cancer, a diagnosis he and his family kept away from the public, for the last four years, and in that time, amidst all of the dire treatments that such a diagnosis entails, Boseman continued to work and act in movies, many of them quite significant ones.
His brief career includes 35 acting credits, the most significant, to me at least, being King T'Challa of Wakanda, the Black Panther, in the movie "Black Panther" in 2018, and Jackie Robinson in the 2013 biopic "42." Both movies received critical acclaim for Boseman, and "Black Panther" become one of the highest grossing movies of all-time (over $1.3 billion to date). He has also portrayed such figures as singer James Brown and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, in addition to appearing as the Black Panther in three other Marvel Universe movies. Later this year, he will appear on Netflix in the film production of August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom."
As Robinson in "42"
How ironic that Boseman died on the day that
MLB was observing Jackie Robinson Day
As King T'Challa,
The Black Panther
It was an all too brief, yet quite notable career for Chadwick Boseman. RIP.
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