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Saturday, August 29, 2020

entry arrow1:02 PM | Chadwick Boseman, 1977-2020



He was only 43, and what shocks us about Chadwick Boseman's passing is the context of his meteoric rise in recent years -- but apparently, between shooting and doing press for Captain America: Civil War, Marshall, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame, 21 Bridges, Da 5 Bloods, and August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, he was undergoing countless surgeries and chemotherapy for colon cancer. What was most attractive about his persona, aside from his charm, was that bristling vulnerability that simmered under his physical show of strength. We had no idea. He once said, "The struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose," and I think that should be his epitaph, the summation of his life. What can I say, except this: Wakanda forever.

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