WATCH: Chadwick Boseman Surprising ‘Black Panther’ Fans is Pure Magic and is Tearing us Up
News 18Actor Chadwick Boseman, 43, passed away on Friday after battling colon cancer. The demise of the actor who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, has left his fans teary eyed. Another woman, accompanied by her teenaged son, thanks Boseman and says that her son’s childhood has been defined by former US president Barack Obama and now the Black Panther. I saw it in a theater in rural, last day of showing, house PACKED, everyone cheering out loud, applause at the end… I may have cried some.— Camille—Woman in the Attic August 29, 2020 I remember leaving Black Panther with a group of black teens… they couldn’t have been more excited. It was the honor of his career to bring King TChalla to life in Black Panther.” His T’Challa character was first introduced to the blockbuster Marvel movies in 2016′s Captain America: Civil War, and his ‘Wakanda Forever’ salute reverberated around the world after the release of Black Panther two years ago.