# Wtf, Chadwick Boseman dies after four-year battle with colon cancer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288 "2020-08-29T02:23:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/1 "2020-08-29T02:23:39Z")
> **[Actor Chadwick Boseman Dies At 43 After 4-Year Fight With Colon Cancer](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chadwick-boseman-dead-43-cancer-black-panther_n_5f49b8fdc5b64f17e13dcd09?kta)** > > The actor played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe. I was really hoping it’s not real, but AP confirms…so depressing. He was so good to watch. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/2 "2020-08-29T02:24:32Z")
Multiple news services running this also. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/3 "2020-08-29T02:27:52Z")
Terrible. Was it public that he had cancer? I don’t remember seeing anything about that. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/4 "2020-08-29T02:32:55Z")
I was just reading stories about his working on a new TV series. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/5 "2020-08-29T02:38:13Z")
GodDAMN it’s been a year. His exasperation with people during his public appearances is explained fully to me now. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/6 "2020-08-29T02:38:49Z")
Oh man, that really sucks. I had no idea he was sick. 2020 is the year that keeps on blowing chunks. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/7 "2020-08-29T02:42:44Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > Terrible. Was it public that he had cancer? I don’t remember seeing anything about that. He kept it secret. I’m blown away. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/8 "2020-08-29T02:46:05Z")
Yeah, reading a bit more about it. So he filmed all the Marvel stuff (and some others), and did all the press tours and appearances, all while going through chemo and surgeries? Good lord. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/9 "2020-08-29T02:50:45Z")
I had no idea he was ill. What a terrible shame - and at only 43! He was a great Jackie Robinson and Black Panther, among other roles. May he rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/10 "2020-08-29T03:00:58Z")
What the fuck!? I’m speechless. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/11 "2020-08-29T03:04:47Z")
I don’t know much of his work besides Black Panther, but I thought he did a nice job with the role and he seemed like a nice guy in interviews. Goddammit. Fuck 2020. This is the year of neverending suck. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/12 "2020-08-29T03:09:08Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Fuck 2020. Nah, he was diagnosed four years ago, so this belongs to 2016. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/13 "2020-08-29T03:10:42Z")
Agree to disagree. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/14 "2020-08-29T03:29:16Z")
Black Panther was one character that I really wanted to see portrayed on film and he did a great job. I was hoping for his tenure to be as long as that of other avengers. This is really shocking and sad. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/15 "2020-08-29T03:35:35Z")
Ironically, Bozeman, who played Jackie Robinson in 2013’s _42_, died on Jackie Robinson Day. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/16 "2020-08-29T03:36:49Z")
Wow, what terrible news. What a loss. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/17 "2020-08-29T05:34:52Z")
RIP Chadwick, you did really good. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/18 "2020-08-29T05:54:47Z")
It’s an enormous shock, in part, of course, because he was to all external appearances healthy as hell. He was filming Marvel movies while he was sick, and told no one outside his family. 43 years old. Way, way, way too young. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/19 "2020-08-29T09:01:47Z")
What a terrible shock. Damn, he was so talented. 2020 sucks and I hate this. RIP Chadwick. Cancer sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288/20 "2020-08-29T09:55:16Z")
Very surprising. Shocking that he had been secretly under treatment all throughout the time he was becoming famous. Above someone mentioned his behavior in interviews. Is there any more info on this? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288.md?page=2)