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US actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for playing Black Panther (黑豹) in the hit Marvel superhero franchise (系列), died of cancer at age 43 on Aug 29. Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer (结肠癌) in 2016, but he kept it private. What’s more, he was still working on several films during his four-year battle against cancer, according to a statement released by his family. The news of his tragic death came as a shock, and many celebrities paid tribute to him. “I wasn’t privy (知情的) to the details of his illness,” Ryan Coogler, director of Black Panther, wrote in a statement. “I realized that he was living with his illness the entire time I knew him ... [Boseman] was a caretaker, a leader and a man of faith (信念), dignity and pride.”