Sad.

Condolences to the family of Chadwick Boseman.

RIP Chadwick Boseman.

Shuri takes over in the comics so that's the route they will probably go. Only other option is bringing back killmonger. Hope it's just shuri

RIP Chadwick. **** cancer

Wow. What a fantastic actor. Had no idea. RIP

What just about to post about this.

Losing Kobe and Chadwick in the same year (and shockingly so) is unreal.


EDIT: Wakanda Forever!

Damn.

Black Mamba and Black Panther.

Both in their early 40s.

Both tragically lost in 2020.

I had not planned on getting on TexAgs tonight. Kids went to a friend's for a sleepover; took my wife out to dinner for her birthday and we were watching Ford v. Ferrari when I took a pause to make some coffee and she checked her phone and saw the news.

I've got a picture here on my desk of my mom, her four sisters, and their parents at my grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary party back in the spring of 1997.My grandfather died that year on Halloween of cancer.

In October, he drove himself to the hospital to have another skin cancer procedure done, it was probably the 5th or 6th he had underwent. When they put him under, his vitals plummeted and they were struggling to keep him breathing and with anything resembling a normal pulse. They got him on a ventilator and ran an ultrasound on him - multiple tumors in his chest, wrapped around his organs, impossible to remove without killing him. He was in a coma from there on out, kept alive by a ventilator. I was 23 then, half my current age. I went in with my mom to see him and say goodbye. I consider it one of the worst mistakes of my life. He was lifeless and the machine was moving him like a puppet as it pushed air into his lungs and pulled it back out. I've never been able to shake that image out of my head of him looking so small and frail.

When I look at that picture on my desk, I can see the cancer . He's ultra thin and his suit is hanging off him like he's 12 years old playing dress-up. He kept it a secret because he didn't want to spend the time he had left with everyone knowing he was slowly dying and pitying him and trying to bend over backwards for him.

I get why Chadwick Boseman didn't want to tell anyone. It would have slowed down his quest to keep living. I went to see Black Panther with my normally-reclusive brother and had a blast. That's a nice memory to hold onto tonight.

I remember when this picture came out and people (myself included) thought he was bored/ over it. Good reminder to always give people the benefit of the doubt.

T'Challa goes on Black Jeopardy

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God poor guy. I seriously have no idea how he kept it under wraps. You would think some ******y reporter would have found out and tweeted it at some point.

Man, that's brutal. I can't even imagine. But yeah, it takes a special kind of humility and courage to do what your father and Boseman did. And in a weird way, may even give those in mourning a certain strength to get through it they wouldn't have otherwise had. That, in and of itself, can be inspiring.

F^ck 2020; f^ck this year right to hell.

So many stories like this (thread)...

Strange how well he kept this hidden. Good physique, no hair loss. Just weight loss in the end.

I hope he didn't stick to a more limited chemo regimen to keep up appearances for a role. Such a crazy shock.

Wow. I had no idea he was battling cancer. Just watched the movie 21 bridges Like two weeks ago as I wanted to expand into seeing more of him.

Chadwick talking about a couple of kids with terminal cancer. This is what gave him the willpower to do the work.

I grabbed my phone last night just before to put it in the charger and happen to just check emails and such and saw the headline.

I physically took a step back and had to sit if the arm of the couch. Just shocking. I just turned 42 last week.

Truly a warrior and hero. He always seemed so kind and humble. A huge loss. That guy was going to have a Denzel level career.

Oh my that is heartbreaking. He could relate to the kids battling cancer.

Tragic.

The man was a great actor, and I especially enjoyed him as Black Panther.
Blessings and comfort to his family during this time.
RIP, Chadwick.

Wakanda Forever.

I am sure the executives at Marvel knew. As did most of his coworkers. I will also always believe that was why he was written as the first to emerge from the portals in Endgame. That scene was already powerful, but this is going to enhance it so much.

Lost a truly great one.

This is one of the most shocking celebrity deaths I can remember, especially considering that it was from a long illness that no one knew about. Seemed like a good man. RIP.

RIP. So terrible and so young.

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The Black Panther / Cap scenes in Civil War and Infinity War are some of my favorites; two guys absolutely dedicated to doing the right thing no matter how painful it is.

At 1:20 when he says "and get this man a shield" - what a roar from the crowd that was the first time i saw that trailer in a theater.

Always sucks to lose someone so young who by all accounts was just a good person.

Coogler didn't know

I've seen this clip circulating on social media of a commencement speech he gave at Howard a couple years ago. Very heartfelt.

So sad; Terrible. I don't think that I could be as fearless/courageous as him in that situation.

I too wasn't a big fan of Black Panther; superhero movies generally aren't my thing.

I loved him in 42; brought me to tears a couple of times when I first watched it. Now I'm not sure if I can watch it again any time soon.