The world was shocked when Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer at the age of 43.
For four years he kept this battle private while maintaining a non-stop film schedule
We're so sad to have lost his brilliance but grateful for the body of work he leaves behind
his commitment to playing heroes full of dignity and grace not just king T'Challa but also
historical people like Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall
is a legacy for generations to come
all i know is that we put our heart and soul into the movie um
you know people are excited about it already and i think the film has substance
that i definitely know and it's not just a shell of something
uh that people are excited about it's, it's solid you know
Wilford Brimley one of the screen's most recognizable character actors
always seemed grumpy
perhaps it was his signature walrus mustache
which also helped hide the fact that he was only 50 when he played a senior citizen in Cocoon
we'll miss the no-nonsense attitude that made him such a memorable tv spokesman
for Quaker Oats and Liberty Medical
Mary Hartline was one of the early stars of american television
as the bandleader of the popular 1950s show Super Circus
she soon became a familiar face on magazine covers and launched her own
brand of Mary Hartline clothes and dolls
she hadn't been on TV in 60 years but fans shared vivid memories on Legacy.com
after her death at the age of 92.
The son of Mexican immigrants, Texas-born singer Trini Lopez
found pop success with folk songs from around the world
If I Had a Hammer from the USA, La Bamba from Mexico
and Lemon Tree, based on a song from Brazil
I was voted Mr. International in Texas two, three years ago
and so they gave it to me.
how wonderful
yes how nice huh, all the different countries and everything
Daisy Coleman was a talented young artist from Missouri
who survived a sexual assault at the age of 14.
In 2016 the Netflix documentary Audrey and Daisy
brought the story of her struggle to an audience of millions
she co-founded the organization SafeBAE
a youth-led group working to stop sexual assault among
middle and high school students
She died by suicide at the age of 23.
if you believe in something then you have to work at it
there's no such thing as success without work and
sometimes i feel that today people young enough to be my
son and grandsons maybe, the way the world is presented to them it looks
it all looks so easy. It isn't. It's not about America's Got Talent or Britain's Got Talent
you can come from nowhere and do that
for the majority of people it takes tremendous hard work
especially Olympic athletes
Hello, I'm John Maxwell with Legacy.com I'm one of the people who puts together
these tribute videos each month in addition to that I also write
obituaries for our website Legacy.com
and this past month it was my sad honor to write an obituary for actor Chadwick Boseman
like everyone else i was shocked to hear news of his death
and as i was writing i found myself getting choked up thinking about
kids who had lost their hero
but i was also in awe at the work he put into embodying that hero
even while he was privately battling cancer
he will continue to be an inspiration
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