Academy Award-winning actor, Chadwick Boseman, passed away on Friday, August 28, 2020, from cancer.

“It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman,” said a statement posted to his Twitter feed.

Boseman had battled colon cancer since 2016 and died at home with his family and wife by his side. He was 43.

Boseman made his mark as an actor playing historical figures such as Jackie Robinson in 4, James Brown in Get on Up, Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, in Marshall, and he will always be remembered as King T'Challa, in Black Panther.

“It was the honor of his life to bring King T’Challa to life in ‘Black Panther.'”

With all of his talents and accomplishments, I will remember Boseman as a Howard University who came back to his Alma Mater to give a commencement speech and visiting children at St. Jude's Hospital even though he himself was fighting cancer.

Boseman was a regular guy who loved people.

Here is a quick interview Boseman gave one of my reporters, Crystal Henderson, during the NBA All-Star Weekend in NYC.

VIDEO: Chadwick Boseman Speaks with What's The 411 Correspondent, Crystal Lynn, at NBA All-Star in New York City

Chadwick Boseman, you were one of the great ones, and you are gone way too soon, but thank you for leaving us a legacy that we can revisit over and over again.

RIP.

Boseman, an actor who has played several iconic characters, is breaking down barriers and making Hollywood screen history

Are you going to see the movie, Black Panther?

What’s The 411Sports correspondent, Crystal Lynn, caught up with the Black Panther star, actor Chadwick Boseman, after the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game held at Madison Square Garden.

Boseman, one of the players representing the East, says he is incredibly blessed and lucky to have played iconic characters in movies.

Boseman said that he is enjoying every moment of his acting career and hopes that whatever he does is enlightening to people. The Get on Up actor wants to do something different with each role; that’s all you can do is to “enjoy it and be thankful for it.”

Boseman’s role as T’Challa in Black Panther is certainly different and the movie is inspiring and we are all thankful for it.

If you haven’t seen Black Panther, run, don’t walk, and don’t wait for it to come to your video streaming service, catch Black Panther in theaters now!

42 is the saga of Jackie Robinson's breaking the color barrier and becoming the first black player in Major League Baseball. Chadwick Boseman plays Robinson.

Veteran actor, Harrison Ford stars as Branch Rickey, the Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager who signed Robinson.

Nicole Beharie is featured as Robinson's biggest fan and wife, Rachel.

42 is a stimulating, historic, well-produced, and directed movie and it gets our highest rating: See It!.

While the cast is strong, Chadwick Boseman lacks the on-screen presence to succeed in the leading role. He's overshadowed by Harrison Ford in every scene they share. Boseman is even minimized by Nicole Beharie when they are on camera together. It's a combination of Boseman's weak persona and stellar performances of Ford and Beharie.

While much praise has been given to Branch Rickey for his courageous move in signing Robinson, 42 touches briefly on one of Rickey's primary motivations: economics. Urban areas where most major league teams played, had large black communities who stayed away from the segregated major leagues. Signing black players was one way to get those communities to come to games.

The movie focuses upon the racism faced by Robinson but also taught subtle lessons on bigotry. In one scene, a father and son sat excited in their anticipation of seeing the Dodgers play their home team. When Robison was introduced, the father along with other adults began calling the Dodger rookie the "N" word. The boy seemed a bit confused at first. But then soon joined in the slurring of Robinson. The kid had just learned to be a racist.

The film also references the fact that some players threatened to leave the league rather play with Robinson.

One final point, the baseball scenes are well staged, so sports fans won't be disappointed.

42 is rated PG-13 and is less than 2 hours. And again it's a See It.