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Lauren Del Fabbro

Chadwick Boseman’s widow does not want his legacy to be ‘distilled’ to his death

Chadwick Boseman arriving at the 88th Academy Awards (Ian West/PA) - (PA Archive)

Chadwick Boseman’s widow, Simone Ledward Boseman, has said she does not want the Black Panther star’s legacy to be “distilled” down to the way he died – but rather remembered by the way he lived.

The actor, who also played singer James Brown in Get On Up (2014) and baseball star Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), died in August 2020 aged 43, four years after being diagnosed with colon cancer.

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