Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Shaded icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown sooner than discovering fame as the regal Shaded Panther within the Shock cinematic universe, died Friday of cancer, his consultant said. He was 43.
Boseman died at his home within the Los Angeles scheme with his wife and family by his aspect, his publicist Nicki Fioravante steered The Connected Press.
Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, his family said in a assertion.
“A excellent fighter, Chadwick persevered through all of it, and brought you quite a lot of the motion photos you should well possess reach to bask in so noteworthy,” his family said within the assertion. “From Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Shaded Bottom and so a lot of alternative more- all were filmed all the device in which through and between tons of surgical procedures and chemotherapy. It was the honor of his career to elevate King T’Challa to lifestyles in Shaded Panther.”
Boseman had no longer spoken publicly about his prognosis.
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