Chadwick Boseman remembered by Lupita Nyong’o on anniversary of his death: “Grief is the price of love”

29 August, 2024

Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Nyong’o has remembered Chadwick Boseman on the anniversary of his death this week, writing that “grief is the price of love.”

The Black Panther actor passed away at the age of 43 in 2020 following a four-year illness with colon cancer. Boseman starred in the Marvel’s blockbuster alongside Nyong’o and in an emotive post, Nyong’o paid tribute to her co-star four years on from his death.

Nyong’o took to social media on Wednesday (August 28) to share two photos of the actor – one solo and one with her. She included a quote in the caption of her post: “Grief never ends. But it changes. It is a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It’s the price of love.”

She concluded the post: “Remembering Chadwick Boseman. Forever.”

You can view the post here:

Last month, social media users reacted to Boseman’s final Twitter post, which voiced support for Kamala Harris.

Weeks before his death, Boseman shared his support for Harris as she became Joe Biden’s running mate in 2020, months before she and Biden beat Donald Trump in the presidential elections.

The post showed a picture of him and Harris laughing and hugging from a Freedom For Immigrants event in 2018.

After deciding to step down at the next election, US President Joe Biden immediately endorsed Harris to be the next president of the US and a host of stars soon came out to respond to the political update, including Ariana Grande, Lizzo, Charli XCX and Barbra Streisand, and outlets including Stereogum have reported that Harris’ campaign raised a reported $81million in the 24 hours since Biden dropped out. If that figure is true, it will be the largest single-day total raised by any candidate in US history.

Others backing Harris to be the Democrat presidential candidate included John Legend– who called for the American public to “elect Kamala Harris as our President” – George Takei, and Jamie Lee Curtis.

In the wake of this support, Boseman’s tweet resurfaced and quickly garnered significant attention on social media. One fan wrote: “Remember this tweet from Chadwick Boseman in 2020? It was his last tweet before his tragic passing. It bears repeating. Especially today & every day until we all vote together in November to ensure democracy rules and President Kamala Harris beats Trump.” You can see more of the reaction to the post here.

Recently, Nyong’o opened up about her experience filming A Quiet Place: Day One, saying the experience was “therapeutic” following the loss of Boseman. 

In the film, Nyong’o portrays Sam, a woman sick with cancer. Speaking to PEOPLE magazine, Nyong’o said it was “scary to have to go there” with the role, especially for a character who “is really facing their mortality…and whose life is slipping between her fingers.”

“[It] was daunting to have to go there, psychologically and emotionally,” she said. “In the end, it was actually very therapeutic because I had just experienced not too many years ago the death of Chadwick Boseman, which shook me to my core. I definitely was thinking about that a lot.”

“What I came to realise is that it’s really important to be reminded of our mortality, because then we live life just a little more intentionally,” she added. “When we think we have all the time in the world, we can really take people for granted and experiences for granted.”

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