Even at the height of Black Panther mania, Chadwick Boseman and his inner circle were holding onto a much more personal victory.
In a moving appearance on Today, Simone Ledward-Boseman reflected on what was really happening behind the scenes during 2018 — the same year the Marvel blockbuster became a cultural phenomenon.
Speaking with Craig Melvin on Friday, March 20, Simone opened up about her late husband’s private fight with colon cancer, which began in 2016 and remained largely unknown to the public.
“It was a beautiful year,” Simone shared of 2018, while wiping away tears. “It’s harder to talk about the good times than it is the bad.”
While audiences around the world were celebrating Boseman’s star-making turn as T’Challa, Simone remembers that period as one filled with both joy and quiet relief. The couple, who later married in 2020, were taking in the film’s massive success while also
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