Just thought I'd share this photo that I found online showing Chadwick Boseman and Kobe Bryant at the 2018 Academy Awards...when Kobe won an Oscar for his 2017 animated short,
Dear Basketball. Boseman sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 43—after battling colon cancer since 2016. 2020 has obviously been a rough year...and it's clearly been a devastating year for the African-American community. From the deaths of Kobe Bryant, George Floyd, Breanna Taylor, Elijah McClain and many others, as well as the recent shooting of Jacob Blake to this evening's tragic news, it definitely seems like fate is testing the resilience of the black community. It would be a cliché to ask for 2021 to be a
much better year for people of color
(and the whole world, in general), but that's what we need right now.
In the four years that he was battling color cancer, Boseman gave us
Black Panther,
Captain America: Civil War,
Avengers: Infinity War and
Endgame,
Marshall,
21 Bridges and
Da 5 Bloods. Boseman was a true hero for how he showed much perseverance in the face of such adversity. May he join Kobe and many others in an eternal legacy of greatness... Rest In Peace.
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