{"id":4995,"date":"2020-08-30T12:01:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T05:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illume-emag.com\/?p=4995"},"modified":"2020-08-30T12:01:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T05:01:25","slug":"black-panther-film-star-chadwick-boseman-dead-at-43-after-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/black-panther-film-star-chadwick-boseman-dead-at-43-after-cancer-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Black Panther&#8217; film star Chadwick Boseman dead at 43, after cancer battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"outer-body\">\n<article class=\"art-body fck ui-rail\">\n<div id=\"content-body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4996 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/actor-chadwwick-illume.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1092\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/actor-chadwwick-illume.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/actor-chadwwick-illume-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/actor-chadwwick-illume-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/actor-chadwwick-illume-696x475.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Actor Chadwick Boseman attends the world premiere of &#8216;Star Wars: The Last Jedi&#8217; in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Boseman, a native of South Carolina, passed away at his home, with his wife and family at his side, the statement said, without specifying when he died. He resided in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During his screen career, Boseman played a number of real-life characters famed for breaking America\u2019s racial barriers, including soul singer James Brown in \u201cGet on Up,\u201d Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in \u201cMarshall,\u201d and baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson in \u201c42.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the actor\u2019s most memorable role was his 2018 performance as T\u2019Challa, king of the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda and the crime fighter known as Black Panther, in the first major studio superhero movie featuring a predominantly African-American cast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBlack Panther\u201d went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of the year and was nominated for six Oscars, including best picture. It won three Academy Awards &#8211; in the best original score, best costume design and best production design categories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Boseman originated the Black Panther film role two years earlier in Marvel\u2019s \u201cCaptain America: Civil War,\u201d and reprised the part twice more in 2018\u2019s \u201cAvengers: Infinity War\u201d and 2019\u2019s \u201cAvengers: Endgame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The statement on his social media accounts said Boseman was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in 2016, and that the disease progressed ultimately to stage 4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Chadwick Boseman attends the world premiere of &#8216;Star Wars: The Last Jedi&#8217; in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters Boseman, a native of South Carolina, passed away at his home, with his wife and family at his side, the statement said, without specifying when he died. He resided in Los Angeles. 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