Episode 1215
Chadwick Boseman
Sun, 2020-Aug-30 02:39 UTC
Length - 1:54
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With 9,929,065 views on Saturday, 29 August 2020 our article of the day is Chadwick Boseman.
Chadwick Aaron Boseman (November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020) was an American actor and producer. He played several historical figures, such as Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on Up (2014), and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall (2017). His role as the superhero Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including Black Panther (2018), made him an international star, winning him an NAACP Image Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Boseman's other film roles included 21 Bridges (2019), which he also co-produced, and Da 5 Bloods (2020). His final film, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, will be released posthumously on Netflix. He died on August 28, 2020, after privately dealing with colon cancer for four years.
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