„There was an authenticity and a grace and respect to not just each role that he was inhabiting but also I think to what it meant to the Black community each he stepped in front of the camera,“ Johnson said.
The unexpected death of was a surprising and painful loss to millions of fans around the world. According to writer Tre Johnson, it was a loss of an icon whose passing dealt a „deep blow“ to Black Americans already bearing the brunt of the and social tensions throughout the U. S. „It’s hard to divorce this from the times that we’re in with the pandemic and the that’s happening here in the country,“ he said on „CBS This Morning“ Monday. „I think Chadwick’s role and presence in the role of ‚Black Panther‘ elevated him to the status of icon.
