Friday marks six years since Chadwick Boseman’s passing

(CBS, KYMA) - Chadwick Boseman, known for his role as King T'Challa in Marvel's "Black Panther," died on Aug. 28, 2020 after a four-year battle with colon cancer.

Boseman was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer in 2016, and it progressed to stage four. He was 43-years-old.

Boseman graduated from Howard University and starred in various television shows in the early 2000s before getting the star role as Jackie Robinson, the first Black person to play in Major League Baseball, in the 2013 film "42," according to IMDB.

From there, he went on to star as James Brown in the 2014 film "Get On Up," Andre Davis in the 2019 film "21 Bridges," and Stormin' Norman in this year's "Da 5 Bloods."