As the news hit social media that Chadwick Boseman died at age 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer, Hollywood is remembering the actor who became a household name when he starred in the title role of the Marvel superhero movie “Black Panther.”Former President Barack Obama paid tribute to Boseman online noting that he saw noticed something special in the actor early in his career when he visited the White House after playing Jackie Robinson in “42.”Chadwick came to the White House to work with kids when he was playing Jackie Robinson.
You could tell right away that he was blessed.
To be young, gifted, and Black; to use that power to give them heroes to look up to; to do it all while in pain – what a use of his years.
https://t.co/KazXV1e7l7— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 29, 2020Jordan Peele tweeted, “This is a crushing blow.
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