WHAT HAPPENS TO THE REST OF THE
WORLD.
MARC: HE DID SOME OF HIS BEST
WORK WHILE FIGHTING FOR HIS
LIFE.
PORTRAYING HEROES FICTIONAL AND
REAL.
BLACK PANTHER ACTOR CHADWICK
BOSEMAN HAS DIED AFTER A FOUR
YEAR BATTLE WITH COLON CANCER.
HE WAS 43.
BOSEMAN SHOT TO STARDOM SEVEN
YEARS AGO PORTRAYING JACKIE
ROBINSON.
COINCIDENTALLY, MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL CELEBRATING CHECK YOU
ROBINSON DAY.
GEORGE PENNACCHIO IS LIVE WITH
MORE ON THE PASSING OF CHADWICK
BOSEMAN.
GEORGE: THIS WAS SUCH A
HEARTBREAKING DEATH TO REPORT.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN WAS A FAST
RISING STAR ON HIS WAY TO
BG A SUPERSTAR.
HE'S ALREADY PLAYED SOME BLACK
AMERICAN ICONS BEFORE HE EVER
PUT ON THE SUPERHERO SUIT TO
PLAY THE TITLE ROLE IN BLACK
PANTHER.
>> WE MUST FIND A WAY TO LOOK
AFTER ONE ANOTHER.
GEORGE: CHADWICK BOSEMAN HELPED
2018'S BLACK PANTHER BECOME A
BLOCKBUSTER.
ONE OF AMERICA'S TOP GROSSING
FILMS OF ALL TIME.
MAKING MORE THAN $1 BILLION
GLOBALLY.
AS BLACK PANTHER, BOSEMAN STRUCK
 GOLD.
AT THE PREMIER, HE TOLD ME WHAT
HE HOPED FANS WOULD TAKE AWAY
FROM THIS GROUNDBREAKING MOVIE.
>> I THINK THE QUALITY OF IT IS
WHAT THEY SHOULD KNOW.
IT IS NOT JUST THE NOVELTY OF
SEEING THIS BLACK SUPERHERO.
IT IS A GOOD MOVIE, PERIOD.
GEORGE: HE WOULD GO ON TO PLAY
BLACK PANTHER IN OTHER MARVEL
MOVIES.
>> YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE A PART
OF SOMETHING WAY BIGGER THAN
YOURSELF.
GEORGE: BOSEMAN SAID BRINGING
BLACK PANTHER TO LIFE WAS THE
HONOR OF HIS CAREER.
ON HIS PASSING, MARVEL STUDIOS
SAID YOUR LEGACY WILL LIVE ON
FOREVER.
BOSEMAN DIED ON THE SAME DAY
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CELEBRATED
JACKIE ROBINSON DAY.
BEFORE BLACK PANTHER, BOSEMAN
PLAYED THE BASEBALL LEGEND IN
THE MOVIE "42."
>> GIVE ME A NUMBER ON MY BACK.
I WILL GIVE YOU THE GUTS.
GEORGE: IN APRIL.
BOSEMAN POSTED A VIDEO TALKING
ABOUT JACKIE ROBINSON.
HE WAS ALSO TALK ABOUT A PLAN TO
ASSIST HEALTH-CARE WORKERS
DURING COVID-19.
BOSEMAN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE
THREE COLON CANCER IN 2016, BUT
WOULD CONTINUE WORKING DURING AN
IN BETWEEN THERAPY SESSIONS AND
VARIOUS SURGERIES.
THAT INCLUDES THE 2016 FILM
"MARSHALL" WHERE HE PLAYED
THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE.
>> I'M THURGOOD MARSHALL.
GEORGE: IN 2019, HE PLAYED A NEW
YORK POLICE DETECTIVE.
IN 2020, HE WAS IN DEFY BLOOD.
BOSEMAN HAD SEVERAL FILMS LINED
UP, INCLUDING WITH VIOLA DAVIS.
IT IS NOW IN POSTPRODUCTION.
VIOLA DAVIS TWEETED TONIGHT
SAYING NO WORDS TO EXPRESS MY
DEVASTATION OF LOSING YOU.
CALLING HIM IT IS AN HONOR TO
WORK BESIDE HIM.
FROM JORDAN PEEL TONIGHT,
CALLING IT A CRUSHING BLOW.
RYAN REYNOLDS SAYING IT IS A
BRUTAL LOSS.
FROM DWAYNE THE ROCK JOHNSON --
THANK YOU FOR SHINING YOUR LIFE
AND SHARING YOUR TALENT WITH THE
WORLD.
REPORTING LIVE, GEORGE
PENNACCHIO.
MARC: THANK YOU.
DISNEY EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN BOB
IGER TONIGHT TWEETING "WE ARE
ALL HEARTBROKEN BY THE TRAGIC
LOSS OF CHADWICK BOSEMAN.
AN EXTRAORDINARY TALENT AND ONE
OF THE MOST GENTLE AND GIVING
SOULS I HAVE EVER MET.
HE BROUGHT ENORMOUS STRENGTH,
DIGNITY AND DEPTH TO HIS
GROUNDBREAKING ROLE OF BLACK
PANTHER, SHATTERING MYTHS AND
STEREOTYPES.
AND INSPIRING US ALL TO DREAM
BIGGER AND DEMAND MORE THAN THE
STATUS QUO.
WE MOURN ALL THAT HE WAS AS WELL
AS EVERYTHING HE WAS DESTINED TO
BECOME."
THE ACTOR'S LAST TWEET A COUPLE
OF YEARS AGO WAS ABOUT KAMALA
HARRIS BEING NAMED THE
DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINEE.
SHE TWEETED "HEARTBROKEN.
MY FRIEND WAS BRILLIANT, KIND,
LEARNED AND HUMBLE.
HIS LIFE MADE A DIFFERENCE.
SENDING MIKY SINCERE
CONDOLENCES."
THAT WAS A REFERENCE TO HOWARD
UNIVERSITY.
OPRAH REMEMBER THE ACTOR
TONIGHT, TWEETING "WHAT A GENTLE
SOUL SHOWING US ALL THAT
GREATNESS BETWEEN SURGERIES AND
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