American actor, Chadwick Boseman has died of Colon cancer aged 43.
A statement issued by his family on his Twitter page revealed that he died at home in Los Angeles with his wife and family by his side.
Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago but had not made the information public.
Boseman came to prominence playing real-life figures – baseball great Jackie Robinson in 2013’s 42, and soul singer James Brown in 2014’s Get on Up.
However, it will be as the titular Black Panther in the blockbuster 2018 film he will be best remembered.
Boseman stars as the ruler of Wakanda, a fictional African nation with the most advanced technology on earth.
