Chadwick Boseman who skyrocketed to international fame after playing the role of King T’Challa in the 2018 groundbreaking superhero blockbuster movie Black Panther has died.

Chadwick Boseman who portrayed the Black Panther died Friday after a four-year battle with Colon cancer. He was 43.

Boseman had not publicly disclosed nor discussed his condition which was first diagnosed in 2016 – and continued to work on major Hollywood films during and between “countless” operations and chemotherapy.

The Marvel film Black Panther was celebrated as an important cultural moment for its mainly black cast, and for subverting stereotypes by depicting a prosperous African country that takes in refugees and extends its culture and technology to poorer nations.

Chadwick Boseman Kids:

No kids

Chadwick Boseman wife:

Chadwick Boseman was engaged to his longtime girlfriend Taylor Simone Ledward. From the statement released by his family announcing his death, They wrote that he died at home surrounded by HIS WIFE and family. This means he got married to her.

Chadwick Boseman parents

His mother was a nurse and his father worked at a textile factory while managing an upholstery business.

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