29th August 2023 11:39:51 AM
2 mins readThree years have passed since the "Black Panther" actor Chadwick Boseman passed away, and some of his Marvel co-stars remembered their friend on social media on Monday.
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Lupita Nyong'o, who co-starred with Boseman in the 2018 film "Black Panther," shared a black-and-white image of the actor on Monday that she claimed to have taken while travelling in South Korea in the same year.
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“Three years ago today, I experienced a singular pain at the news of @chadwickboseman’s death. The confusion was so profound that it took months to trust the feeling of joy again,” Nyong’o wrote.
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She continued, “We had just learned to do the baby heart with our fingers. Here Chadwick was adding his suave flare. We spent a glorious 72 hours there, and the memory fills me with so much joy.”
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“Death is hard to understand, maybe even harder to accept,” she added. “But the love generated from the life he lived will fuel every anniversary marking his absence.”
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After battling colon cancer since 2016, Boseman passed away in August 2020 while at home with his family and wife by his side, according to a statement he made at the time and shared on Twitter. He was 43.
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Through his moving performances in movies like "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," "Marshall," and "Da 5 Bloods," the actor had gained international fame.
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He is best known for playing King T'Challa in the wildly successful 2018 films "Black Panther" and "Avengers: Infinity Wars," and he returned to the role in "Avengers: End Game" in 2019.
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In honour of Boseman on Monday, Letitia Wright, who portrayed T'Challa's sister Shuri in the Marvel movies, reposted a 2022 clip of him on her Instagram stories with the caption "always celebrating you king." Love always.”
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Daniel Kaluuya paid tribute to his “Black Panther” co-star as well on Monday, sharing a photo of himself with Boseman and Danai Gurira on his Instagram stories.
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As Nyong’o wrote at the end of her post on Monday, “Chadwick may no longer be in our photos, but he will always be in our hearts.”
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