The most popular tweet of all time belongs to Chadwick Boseman «kleinezeitung.at

The latest tweet on the late “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman’s account sets a new record.

9.47 am, August 30, 2020

With his leading role as King’s son, T’Challa, in the superhero movie “Black Panther” He became world famous and an identifying figure in black America. On Friday, American actor Chadwick Boseman died of cancer at the age of 43, as his family announced Friday night with a tweet on Boseman’s official Twitter account.

“A tribute to the king”

The tweet went viral and is now at the top of Twitter with only 5.7 million likes. “The most popular tweet of all time, a tribute to a king,” wrote the short message service.

4.3 million likes for Obama

This tweet is followed by a short message from former US President Barack Obama from 2017 with a quote from Nelson Mandela. This tweet received 4.3 million messages.

African-American actor Chadwick Boseman was born in Anderson / South Carolina in 1976 and has suffered from colon cancer since 2016. He died at home with his family. Boseman’s team confirmed the actor’s death for the film magazine “Variety.” Boseman was a “true fighter,” the statement from his family said. He still made movies while undergoing surgery and chemotherapy. The news caused great consternation and sadness among teammates and fans on Saturday.

Great sadness

For example, the first black candidate for the US vice president, Democrat Kamala Harris, wrote on Twitter: “Heartbroken. My friend and colleague Chadwick Boseman was brilliant, kind, polite and humble. He left early, but his lifetime”. made a difference. “One image shows Harris hugging and laughing with the actor, in front of a political poster that reads” Freedom for Immigrants! “(Freedom for Immigrants).

Halle Berry, who was the first African-American actress to win an Oscar for Best Leading Role in 2002, described Boseman in a Twitter message as “an incredible man of immeasurable talent who took life despite his personal struggles.” Her colleague, Oscar winner Brie Larson, posted a broken red heart. “We will miss her and never forget her,” the actress wrote. “Rest in love, bro,” lamented actor Dwayne Johnson. “Thank you for your light and for sharing your talent with the world.”

Let it be The greatest honor of his career was bringing the main character T’Challa to life in “Black Panther.”said the Boseman family. This spectacular 2018 comic book adaptation was the first superhero film to feature almost exclusively black actors in front of and behind the camera. The renowned US magazine “The New Yorker” praised the fact that “Black Panther” “fused the imaginary world of Marvel with world history, contemporary politics and especially the experience of blacks in America.”

Star in numerous films

Boseman has also appeared in movies such as Avengers: Infinity War, 21 Bridges, and most recently Da 5 Bloods, directed by Spike Lee. He first became popular in Hollywood in 2013 with the role of baseball star Jackie Robinson in the sports drama “42.” This famous athlete was also an African-American pioneer, as the first black in the Major Leagues.

A year later, Boseman played a black pop legend in “Get On Up”: the “Godfather of Soul”, James Brown (1933-2006). And in “Marshall,” the actor took on the lead role of Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993), at the time the first black judge on America’s highest court.

Such roles of brave black front men were the Bosemans great respect, especially among African Americans brought. Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali wrote on Instagram of her colleague’s death: “Thank you for your excellent work, your exemplary character and your approach. I love you bro.” Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” female lead Kerry Washington described Boseman as a “fighter of the light” and, in reference to the role of “Black Panther,” as the “true king.”