{"id":8081,"date":"2020-08-29T03:42:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T03:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/?p=8081"},"modified":"2020-08-29T03:42:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T03:42:46","slug":"black-panther-star-chadwick-boseman-dies-of-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/2020\/08\/29\/black-panther-star-chadwick-boseman-dies-of-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman dies of cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br>\n<br>\n<!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Actor Chadwick Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, his family said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died Friday of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/cancer\/\" class=\"\">cancer<\/a>, his representative said. He was 43.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boseman died at his home in the Los Angeles area with his wife and family by his side, his publicist Nicki Fioravante told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chadwick Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, his family said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much,\u201d his family said. \u201cFrom Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson\u2019s Ma Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom and several more \u2013 all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy. It was the honor of his career to bring King T\u2019Challa to life in Black Panther.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boseman had not spoken publicly about his diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=indianexpress&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1299530165463199747&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Findianexpress.com%2Farticle%2Fentertainment%2Fhollywood%2Fchadwick-boseman-dies-at-43-live-updates-6574434%2F&amp;siteScreenName=The%20Indian%20Express&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in South Carolina, Chadwick Boseman graduated from Howard University and had small roles in television before his first star turn in 2013. His striking portrayal of the stoic baseball star Robinson opposite Harrison Ford in 2013\u2032s 42 drew attention in Hollywood and made him a star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boseman died on a day that Major League Baseball was celebrating Jackie Robinson day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a crushing blow\u201d actor-director Jordan Peele said on Twitter, one of many expressing shock as the news spread across social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis broke me,\u201d said actor and writer Issa Rae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His T\u2019Challa character was first introduced to the blockbuster Marvel movies in 2016\u2032s Captain America: Civil War, and his \u201cWakanda Forever\u201d salute reverberated around the world after the release of Black Panther two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The character was last seen standing silently dressed in a black suit at Tony Stark\u2019s funeral in last year\u2019s Avengers: Endgame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even at the outset of his Hollywood career, Chadwick Boseman was clear-eyed about \u2014 and even skeptical of \u2014 the industry in which he would become an international star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have the same exact experience as a Black actor as you do as a white actor. You don\u2019t have the same opportunities. That\u2019s evident and true,\u201d he told AP while promoting 42. \u201cThe best way to put it is: How often do you see a movie about a black hero who has a love story \u2014 with a black woman, or any woman for that matter \u2026 he has a spirituality. He has an intellect. It\u2019s weird to say it, but it doesn\u2019t happen that often.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Robinson and Brown, Boseman portrayed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in 2017\u2032s Marshall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He took on his first producing job in last year\u2019s action thriller 21 Bridges, in which he also starred, and was last seen on-screen in Spike Lee\u2019s film Da 5 Bloods as the leader of a group of Black soldiers in the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--EndFragment--><br \/><br \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Chadwick Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, his family said in a statement. Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died Friday of&nbsp;cancer, his representative said. He was 43. 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