What No One Knew About Chadwick Boseman's Death

Chadwick Boseman, the actor best known for playing Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has died at age 43 after a lengthy battle with colon cancer. The heartbreaking news was posted to Boseman's personal Twitter account on the evening of August 28, 2020.

Boseman made his big-screen debut in 2008's The Express: The Ernie Davis Story. In that film, Boseman played Floyd Little, a former college and professional football star who was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2010. From there, Boseman went on to portray a number of iconic Black pioneers. In 2013, he headlined 42 as Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color barrier and became the first Black man to play in the major leagues. He also played soul legend James Brown in Get On Up, and starred as Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court Justice, in Marshall.

Still, it was Boseman's turn as T'Challa, king of Wakanda, that made him a household name. Black Panther, which debuted in 2018, was Marvel's first movie with a solo Black lead. It was also a critical and financial hit. Not only is Black Panther the highest-rated Marvel movie on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, but it scored seven Academy Award nominations including one for Best Picture, the first superhero movie to do so.

Boseman's passing comes as a shock to fans, most of whom didn't realize that Boseman was sick.

According to the official announcement of Boseman's death, the actor had been battling cancer since 2016, the same year that he made his MCU debut in Captain America: Civil War. The reason why you didn't know? Despite the toll that the disease and its treatment took on Boseman's body, the star somehow found the strength to film movies, attend red carpet premieres, perform charity work, and do interviews throughout his illness. Keep watching the video to see what no one knew about Chadwick Boseman's death.

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