« 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.
