tonight, chadwick boseman, losing thinks private battle with cancer, now the public outpourings and tributes. >> we are going to feel his absence. >> friends in and out of the marvel universe, celebrating the star. >> he that power in to define a generation. >> how the fight of his life is sounding the alarm on early cancer screenings. and inspiring the next generation of warriors. >> plus, the cultural ltural lt of black panther, how those two words and the actors portrayal of the bayier breaking super hero, created a movement heard around the world. this special edition of

"nightline," a tribute for a king. starts right now. good evening and thanks for joining us. tonight from heartbreak to inspiration. millions across the world honoring chadwick now, his quiet fight with cancer, raising awareness about another mortal enemy. the disease that took his life far too soon. it ♪ it's been a long year >> i didn't have enough time with chadwick. he was here far too short a time. >> chadwick was a deeply kind and gentle person and very present and thoughtful and those qualities are all so present in

his work. >> chadwick, my friend, you will forever be remembered by your warm smile, your kind heart and your fierce courageousness through great adversity. chadwick's legacy is almost too big to fully comprehend yet. >> the way he handled his life and managing cancer with such humility and grace and digity, let us know that i was truly a super hoo -- super hero. >> this loss was felt around the world. he is pretty amazing. >> he is wakonda forever. >> for a generation of kids. he is the defining image of a super hero. strong, powerful, and his portrayal of black panther,

sealing his place in history. >> he embodied an idea, a promise, a potential. >> i think playing black man they are meant everything to chadwick, that was a gift to a generation of children who normally would not have never got tone see something like that before. >> it's not just a loss that we are feeling. we are going to feel his absence. his absence. >> an artist, a movie star, a cultural hero. boseman made his name portraying american lejds. jackie robinson. james brown. tho. -- thorogood marshall. >> i don't think you could play that role ask convincingly as he did, ifyou do not possess that

same fwragrace, you cannot fake that. >> he a colon cancer diagnosis that took his life within four years. leaving behind his wife, whom he quietly married not too long ago and scores of loving family and friends. his co-star michael b jordan, sharing a heart wrenching post, i wish we had more time, he wrote, i'm dedicating the rest of my days to live the way you did. >> i just, you are not just my friend, not just my hero. you are my super hero, you were my black panther. >> a statement was said, that i have to reckon with the fact that chad is an ancestor now and he will watch over us. >> i cannot consider an actor that is more necessary right now

than chadwick boseman. >> chadwick boseman grew up in south carolina and going on to attend the historically black college, howard university. >> anybody who went to howard reminds you every chance they get that they went to howard. >> i think howard meant a lot to him in terms of forming the person he would become and what he would do career wise. >> boseman had a gift for embodying real life heroes. but had his career defining role would be bringing a fictional hero to life. he roared on to the screen as tachela, tin 2018, revealing wakonda to the world. featuring a mostly black cast, genre and box-office busting. >> we thirst for something. what's the thirsts you think? >> people are starved for the

images they see. they see power, spectacle, intelligence, achievement. >> people can see not just themselves but their dreams. >> they see their dream sdreams. >> boseman had become a bonafide movier star. >> we had no idea he been diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016. he endured countless surgeries and chemotherapy treatments while he was playing some of these remarkable characters in these terrific films. >> while quietly struggling with cancer, filming one action flick after another. chadwick was being a real life hero to children at st. jude's hospital who were fighting the the same disease. >> i loved your movie. >> thank you. thank you. you saw -- >> meeting the children was hugely important to the super star. and it showed in this 2018 interview on sirius-xm. >> there's two, two little kids,

ian and taylor, who recently passed from cancer. they just, they are traying to hold on until this movie comes. just to experience those two little boys anticipation of this movie and when i found out that they -- >> take yeah, it's, it means a lot. a l another patient at st. jude's hospital, that made a connection, 13 years old and trying his hardest to beat brain cancer, he idolized the black panther and in walks his hero to cheer him on. >> he a bucket list and that was

one thing on his bucket list to meet somebody famous and who better than somebody from something he loves so much. >> the disease would ultimately take his young life. >> the only movie he not seen was last avengers he passed before he was able to see that movie. so we went to the movie theater and we reserved three seats. one for him, and put a picture of him in it. of course, we think our son is a super hero, but to me, chadwick boseman who is on film a super hero, but we look at him as well as a man, as a superer hero, what he has done for, what he did for our son, and the other children at st. jude. >> in the last 20 years, doctors have seen an alarming increase in young people fighting colo-rectal cancer. and african-americans are hardest hit.

>> although we have done better over time with getting african-americans screened, we still have quite a wayor the do fight against the disease like this doctor, the tragedy of boseman's death is a chance to raise awareness. >> my one goal and my one hope is that we can use this time to understand how common colorectal cancer is, and we can all educate ourselves about the importance of screening. if we can do that, then we have done justice to his legacy. >> amid his own battle he returned to his alma mater, howard university, delivering this speech at the school's 150th commencement. >> purpose is an essential element of youth. it's the reason that you are on the planet at this particular time in history. your very existanswer is wrapped up in the things you are here to fulfill. >> he could have made that speech about himself and that struggle, but he made the speech about the graduates that day,

and about howard and i think that speaks a lot to exactly who he was and why we all have to continue to honor him. >> his final post on social media just 17 days before he died, was the day senator kamala harris was named the vice presidential nominee. >> that the last tweet was to encourage people to exercise their right as citizens to vote, to participate in their democracy, born out of love of country, it just it's so reflective of chadwick. >> he played icons and now has become an icon himself and his legacy is one for the ages. >> and coming up how chadwick boseman created a cultural phenomena. gives you results in one week.t

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nightline, a tribute for a king continues. from super hero to shining

light, chadwick boseman was many things to his friends and family, inspired by the two words sparking a movement, wakonda forever, a rallying call that celebrates black culture on and off the by a man -- >> epic by every measure. >> we are home. >> size, scale, impact. black panther did not just shatter box office records it broke boundaries. >> at the premier of black panther, chadwick and i saw each other right before the curtains rose and i said to him, i cannot wait to share this movie with the world. >> and he kind of leaned in and whispered to me in that soft voice of his and he said, i can't wait to change the world. >> and change the world it did. wakonda forever! >> wakonda forever became a

rallying cry for millions who can finally see a super hoo he row on screen that looked like them. this video going viral of atlanta students dancing when they were told they would be going to see the movie. >> this was a film that was being treated with the same respect and thoughtfulness as a captain america and an ironman, and that was a gift to a generation of children who normally would have never gotten to see something like had that befo before. >> i say he was a star, but a shooting star. kids that see him in that role see a reflection of themselves in everything that he intended. they get to dream about and wish about and make wishes on that shooting star that was chadwick boseman. >> chad was my brother. and i mean that in the sense of there's obviously, you know, brother in the sense of being,

you know, african-american man in america, chad was a very, very conscious dude. he was not the kind of cat that felt like he to take a role to make a living. his art was an extension of that. he was not going to take anything that embarrassed him, embarrassed his people, embarrassed his community, that just wasn't him. >> he would play smaller roles until he the chance to embody a real life hero, jackie robinson in 42. >> i didn't come here to make friends. i don't even care if they respect me, i know who i am. >> when you play someone who lives so couragously, to the occasion in a way because you play somebody who does that. it gives you a sense of courage. >> chadwick played great men, and he was a great man, that was why he was the only one to play

that role. >> it's not easy to play a king, he brought out a regal spirit and he always had that. >> where did he go? >> black panther would be the role of a lifetime for boseman, a work of art that was not color blind, but color brave, what it meant to be a warrior, a hero, a king. >> i watched this movie and i see all these black people and so, in some ways it seems intentionally black, but by the end of it, it's sort of coincidencedendly black. >> universal story. >> the truth is, art can do cano that. i grew up loving comic books and there was not a black face to be found. it's about a man that is taking on responsibility that he does not feel ready for. that is a universal story. everyone goes through that. >> you portrays major figures in american history, jackie

robinson, james brown, how does black panther fit in? >> i would not be here if not for the men i portrayed because of what they the did, in their lives and the doors that it opened for me. when i walk through the lab, and i feel myself because i'm king and i'm with, you know, my sister. there's a bit of james brown. when i'm holding court, there's a little bit of thorogood marshall. >> the power of the black panther. >> and for young men, particularly those of color, may stride a little harder to have a little black panther in them. >> he was articulating as he could the humanity of black folks. you cannot shoot a man in the back unless you believe they are sub humor not human at all, what chad was doing, was

communicating black humanity and he was doing it in his chosen field and he is gone. and so that's a huge loss. that's a huge, huge loss. >> you watch movies to walk in the shoes of the protagonist or the hero. but it's not just me playing it, it's also you watching it and i think that's you know, i feel blessed to have had the opportunity to do that. our thanks to byron, up next the young boy remembering his super hero with a tribute fit for a king. >> the power of the black panther will be -- ♪ ♪

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finally tonight a special salute to a fallen warrior. meet black panther's biggest little fan. 9-year-old jordan baskin-raffle. he went viral when black panther came out. doing fierce impressions of the main character.

he and others are paying tribute to their hero, chadwick boseman. >> so we have heard that our super hero is no longer with us. it's sad, jordan, how do you feel? >> i feel sad because he was the first black super hero. so -- >> last night, jordan feeling the panther spirit in his own way, emulating his hero's fierce pride. >> wakonda forever. >> wakonda forever, that's "nightline" for tonight, we will see you back here same time tomorrow. thank you for staying up with us, good night, america. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live," with guest host, jason derulo. tonight, luke bryant and our health care hero of the week, and now, here's jason derulo. >> hello and welcome to jimmy kimmel live, i'm your guest host jason derulo. you probably know me from

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