BEVERLY HILLS, August 30, (THEWILL) – Hollywood star actor, Denzel Washington, has expressed his grief over the death of Chadwick Boseman, the Black Panther star, who he sponsored to attend a prestigious acting program at the United Kingdom’s Oxford University.
Boseman died Saturday after a four-year battle with colon cancer.
“He was a gentle soul and a brilliant artist who will stay with us for eternity through his iconic performances over his short yet illustrious career,” Denzel Washington said in a tribute statement.
In June 2019, the late actor, Chadwick Boseman, disclosed how Denzel Washington assisted him and nine others to study at Oxford University.
“Many of you already know the story that Mr. Washington, when asked by Phylicia Rashad to join her in assisting nine theatre students from Howard University, who had been accepted to a summer acting program at the British Academy of Dramatic Acting in Oxford, gracefully and privately agreed to contribute. As fate would have it, I was one of the students that he paid for.
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“Imagine receiving the letter that your tuition for that summer was paid for and that your benefactor was none other than the ‘dopest’ actor on the planet. There is no Black Panther without Denzel Washington,” the deceased actor added.
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