Actor Chadwick Boseman’s death has been condoled by thousands.Actors, politicians, sportspersons, and corporations came out to pay tributes to the star, who died after a four-year battle with colon cancer on Saturday.
Among those who left messages on social media were his Avengers co-stars Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, and Chris Pratt.US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in a tweet said Boseman’s power was ‘bigger than anything we saw on screen.
Boseman became a household name after appearing as the Marvel superhero Black Panther in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, and then in director Ryan Coogler’s 2018 film, which went on to gross over $1.3 billion worldwide.He followed it up with two more appearances as the character in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.His most recent film appearance was in director Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, which released on Netflix earlier this year.
“A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much,” his family said in the statement.“From Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and several more- all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy.
It was the honor of his career to bring King T’Challa to life in Black Panther.”
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