Published 08:58 IST, August 30th 2020

Heartbreaking tweet announcing Chadwick Boseman's death 'most liked ever', Twitter says

Chadwick Boseman succumbed after a 4-year Cancer fight at the age of just 43, meaning that he had battled the disease whilst filming some of the biggest movies

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Twitter on Saturday gave a sense of grief and shock surrounding Chwick Boseman's death, as post from his handle anuncing his passing was heavily engd with after  Black Panr succumbed to colon cancer.

' most liked Tweet ever', said microblogging site is w one from Boseman’s official Twitter account with a picture of actor and his family’s tragic anuncement of his death. Boseman succumbed after a four-year fight at of just 43, meaning that he h battled disease whilst filming some of biggest most demanding movies in recent times.

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“Most liked Tweet ever. A tribute fit for a King,” official Twitter account said, retweeting  post with. “#WakandaForever.”

last tweet of Boseman

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tweet which was posted around 7 p.m. on Friday, has gained around 2 million retweets and more than 7.7 million likes as of Sunday and continues to rise.  Get On Up actor’s final post sits where tweets from Ellen DeGeneres, BTS, Ariana Grande, Barack Obama and One Direction once sat. Among millions of his fans retweeting and interacting with it were Hollywood stars, politicians and or public figures including Dwayne Johnson, Quinta Brunson and Natasha Rothwell. y retweeted Boseman’s post and ded ir own tribute to  Da 5 Bloods star. 

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Chwick Boseman's career

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 fil 42 in 2013. He also starred in numerous or films like Kill Hole, Draft Day, Get on Up and Gods of Egypt. 

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, Africa. Chwick played Black Panr in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame as well. All three 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 on OTT platform in June 2020.

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08:58 IST, August 30th 2020