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ABC to air 'Black Panther' as tribute to Chadwick Boseman

Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman dies at age 43 after fight with cancer
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FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019 file photo, Chadwick Boseman poses in the press room at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, has died of cancer. His representative says Boseman died Friday, Aug. 28, 2020 in Los Angeles after a four-year battle with colon cancer. He was 43. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman dies at age 43 after fight with cancer
Posted at 1:03 PM, Aug 30, 2020
and last updated 2020-08-30 13:03:16-04

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC will air “Black Panther” commercial-free Sunday as a prime-time tribute to Chadwick Boseman.

The film will be followed by an ABC News Special, “Chadwick Bosmeman: A Tribute for a King.”

Disney said the special “will celebrate Boseman’s storied life, legacy and career” and “shine a light on the medical condition he privately battled.”

Boseman died Friday after a four-year battle with colon cancer. He was 43.

The film will be broadcast at 8 p.m. EDT, with the special beginning at 10:20 p.m. EDT.

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