In a tragically brief but historically sweeping life as an actor, Boseman played men of public life and private pain. Before August 28, we didn't know he, too, was bearing such a burden. That has only magnified his accomplishment, bringing him closer to the great figures whose shoes he wore on film. He played men who advanced a people's progress, a trail he helped blaze himself. He played icons, and died one, too.
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