Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Aaron Boseman (November 29, 1976August 28, 2020) was an American actor, playwright, and film producer. He was known for his roles as Jackie Robinson in "42" (2013), James Brown in "Get on Up" (2014), Thurgood Marshall in "Marshall" (2017) and as Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, including "Black Panther" (2018). He also starred and produced the 2019 thriller movie "21 Bridges".
In 2021, Boseman posthumously won a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for his role as Levee Green in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom". He is also nominated posthumously for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
Boseman died at his home in Los Angeles from colon cancer on August 28, 2020 at the age of 43.He had been battling the disease since 2016, even though the film studios did not know.