Topics: Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther, Cancer, Film and TV
Chadwick Boseman had one final act of kindness for a Make-A-Wish child before he died of cancer in 2020.
The Black Panther star died aged 43, shocking and devastating his fans across the world after he kept his colon cancer diagnosis in 2016 private.
"A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much," the actor's family said in a statement at the time.
"From Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and several more - all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy. It was the honor of his career to bring King T'Challa to life in Black Panther."
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While there are certainly a lot of unkind celebrities in Hollywood, there's no doubt Boseman was one of the good ones.
The discussion of the most 'wholesome celebrity fact' recently surfaced on Reddit, to which one user told the remarkable act of kindness the Black Panther actor displayed, despite coming to the end of his cancer battle.
"Chadwick Boseman dressing up in costume for make a wish kids - knowing he was going to die from cancer himself," the Redditor penned.
"I didn't know that and didn't even think of it as a possibility. Time to be sad all over again," a fellow Reddit user responded, while a second added: "F**k, this one hits."
Boseman sent a text to Nate Moore, an executive producer on Black Panther, about the act of kindness prior to his death.
The producer and actor had been working together to send a fan a gift through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organization that helps critically ill children.
Moore told PEOPLE: "We worked together to get a young boy a voice note from T’Challa [Boseman’s character], as well as a package of toys – no easy feat when we weren’t allowed to leave our homes or go to the office.
"But Chad figured out how to make it work because he cared so intently, and in hindsight, so personally."
A final text from Boseman before his tragic passing touched on the act of kindness, with Moore receiving a message that read: "It broke me, man. But we need to do that for them. People deserve abundant life, special moments. They’ve been through hell battling disease.
"f we were able to ease their suffering and bring joy for a moment ... then we made a difference in his life."
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