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Chadwick Boseman’s death reverberates across entertainment, sports

In this Feb. 14, 2018 photo, actor Chadwick Boseman poses for a portrait in New York to promote ...

Chadwick Boseman, who became an iconic symbol as T’Challa in “Black Panther” and as Jackie Robinson in “42,” died at the age of 43 on Friday.

The actor had been battling colon cancer for nearly four years, and his death came as a shock to the entertainment and sports world.

Fellow actors were stunned at the sudden loss of one of their own.

His family posted on Facebook that the actor was diagnosed with Stage III colon cancer in 2016 and that he had undergone “countless surgeries and chemotherapy.”

“A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much,” his family said in a statement. “From Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and several more – all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy. It was the honor of his career to bring King T’Challa to life in Black Panther.”

His death was also felt in the political world.

Despite being sick himself, Boseman took time to visit children at St. Jude’s to put a smile on their faces.

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