Published 10:11 IST, August 29th 2020

Chadwick Boseman dies at 43; Joe Biden pays tribute to actor who 'inspired generations'

US Presidential candidate, Joe Biden took to Twitter to mourn the loss of 'Black Panther' actor Chadwick Boseman who died at 43 due to colon cancer on Friday.

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Chwick Boseman, better kwn for playing 'Black Panr' died on August 28 after a long battle with cancer. After news broke, eminent personalities across world took to social media to offer ir tribute to late actor. Among m was Democratic presidential candidate of US Joe Biden who took to Twitter to mourn loss. Biden said that Black Panr actor 'inspired generations' and that 'Chwick Boseman was bigger than anything we saw on screen', in his tweet. Check out his tweet here:

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Chwick Boseman's career

Chwick Boseman began his career in 2003 with an episode of Third Watch. He also worked in numerous or series including Law & Order, CSI: NY, and ER. Chwick Boseman landed a role in series Lincoln Heights in 2008 and also did his first feature film, Express: Ernie Davis Story, in same year. Chwick also played a role in Persons Unkwn in 2010. Chwick Boseman gained popularity after he played role of Jackie Robinson in film 42 in 2013. He also starred in numerous or films like Kill Hole, Draft Day, Get on Up and Gods of Egypt

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Chwick Boseman's real shot to fame came when he played character of T'Challa, also kwn as Black Panr, of Marvel Comics. He signed a 5 picture deal with Marvel which kickstarted with Captain America: Civil War as first film. In 2018, film Black Panr was released which was based on Chwick Boseman's character T'Challa/Black Panr and his country Wakanda. Chwick played Black Panr in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame as well. All films ended up being highest-grossing films. In 2019, Chwick starred in ar film titled 21 Bridges. Chwick Boseman was last seen in a Netflix film Da 5 Bloods which was released in June 2020.

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10:11 IST, August 29th 2020