Chadwick Boseman Dies at 43
The American actor Chadwick Boseman was best known for his portrayal of the superhero Black Panther. Boseman died on Aug. 28, 2020.
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The world of motion pictures was stunned on Aug. 28, 2020, with the death at age 43 of the African American actor Chadwick Boseman. Boseman was best known for his portrayal of T’Challa in the motion picture Black Panther (2018).
Chadwick Aaron Boseman was born on Nov. 29, 1976, in Anderson, in northwestern South Carolina. He attended college at Howard University in Washington, D.C., graduating with a bachelor of fine arts degree in 2000. He then pursued a career in the stage, writing and directing several plays.
Boseman also began taking roles as an actor. He played a recurring character on the television series “Lincoln Heights” (2007-2009). His breakthrough motion picture role came playing pioneering American baseball player Jackie Robinson in the film 42 (2013). Boseman went on to play American funk musician James Brown in the film Get on Up (2014).
Boseman’s most famous role was as T’Challa, better known as the superhero Black Panther. Boseman first took on the role in Captain America: Civil War (2016). In 2018, he starred in the character’s feature film, Black Panther. Boseman was praised for his performance in the film, the first major superhero movie to have a Black lead and a majority Black cast. He reprised the role of T’Challa in the films Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Boseman died of colon cancer.
