Chadwick Boseman: Tributes pour in for Black
Panther actor.
Tributes are being paid to US actor Chadwick
Boseman, who played Black Panther in the celebrated
superhero film set in a fictional African
nation, after he died on Friday aged 43.
"This is a crushing blow," wrote director
Jordan Peele.
The Black Panther rallying cry "Wakanda Forever"
trended online, as celebrities, civil rights
activists and fans posted emotional messages.
The actor's cancer diagnosis was not publicly
known.
"What a gentle gifted soul.
Showing us all that greatness between surgeries
and chemotherapy.
This is what dignity looks like," wrote TV
star and author Oprah Winfrey.
The eldest son of civil rights activist Martin
Luther King Jr said Mr Boseman "brought history
to life" in his depictions of prominent black
individuals including baseball player Jackie
Robinson and soul singer James Brown.
Ava DuVernay, who has directed a string of
powerful films and documentaries including
Selma, about the fight for civil rights in
the 1960s, wrote "may you have a beautiful
return, King."
Journalist Clint Smith echoed others on Twitter
writing about how much Black Panther meant
to his young son who idolised T'Challa, the
character played by Mr Boseman.
Last year Mr Boseman said the film had changed
what it meant to be "young, gifted and black".
He is "a big reason why our kids don't have
to wonder about what a Black superhero is",
tweeted writer Brian Josephs.
Award-winning musician John Legend called
Mr Boseman "a bright light [who] brought grace,
elegance and power to everything he did.
He always seemed to carry our ancestors with
him".
Several on Twitter drew attention to the work
that Mr Boseman produced while he was living
with colon cancer after being diagnosed in
2016.
"During that time, he gave us Civil War, Marshall,
Black Panther, Infinity War, Endgame, 21 Bridges
and Da 5 Bloods," wrote journalist Jemele
Hill.
Hollywood has also paid tribute to the actor,
including Marvel Studios which created Black
Panther, as well as Disney and the Academy
Awards which called it "an immeasurable loss".
Fellow Marvel stars shared their feelings
of loss on Twitter and Instagram.
Mark Ruffalo, who plays the Hulk, wrote "All
I have to say is the tragedies amassing this
year have only been made more profound by
the loss of Chadwick Boseman."
Tom Holland who is currently playing Spiderman
said the actor was "even more of a hero off
screen" and called him a role model for millions
around the world.
[Source: BBC News]
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