Chadwick Boseman, who <a href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/28/entertainment/chadwick-boseman-dies/index.html” target=”_blank”>died Friday after a battle with colon cancer</a>, was someone who on the big screen brought to life heroes like Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall and fictional ones, like the Black Panther.

But upon news of his death, his colleagues and friends are paying tribute