Actor Chadwick Boseman who played T'Challa in Black Panther. Picture: twitter
Tributes have poured in for Black Panther star and lead actor, Chadwick Boseman who has loss a 4-year battle with colon cancer.
The actor, 43, kept his diagnoses out of the public eye and is said to have been surrounded by his family in his Los Angeles home when he died.
Boseman was diagnosed in 2016 with stage 3 colon cancer and continued to work through multiple surgeries and chemo-therapy.
Boseman appeared as T’Challa in Captain America: Civil War in 2016 and then in 2018 took the lead in Black Panther, which was set in the fictional country of Wakanda.
The movie went on to become a cult classic in cinemas globally and included numerous South African acts such as Connie Chiume, and Atandwa and John Kani.
Black Panther became one of the highest grossing films ever in the US.
Boseman is currently in Netflix’s Da 5 Bloods directed by Spike Lee.
The actor started his career in shows such as Third Watch and All My Children before rising to notoriety when he starred in 42, playing baseball legend Jackie Robinson.
According to various reports, it is believed that Denzel Washington paid for Boseman to take drama lessons at Balliol College at Oxford University.
In 2019, the actor paid tribute to Washington in a moving speech at The American Film Institute for the AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
In his tribute Boseman said: “there is no BLACK PANTHER without Denzel Washington. And not just because of me. My whole cast, that generation, stands on your shoulders.”
From fans to fellow cast, tributes have poured in for the actor. Including from Angela Basset, Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo.
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