{"id":32779,"date":"2021-08-24T11:30:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T11:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=199358"},"modified":"2021-08-24T13:41:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T13:41:56","slug":"chadwick-boseman-performance-wife","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/chadwick-boseman-performance-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"The Late Chadwick Boseman Honored Days Before Anniversary With A Heartfelt Performance By His Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_199361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199361\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-199361\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1090492718.jpeg\" alt=\"Chadwick Boseman\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-199361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LOS ANGELES, CA &#8211; JANUARY 27: Taylor Simone Ledward and Chadwick Boseman attends the 25th Annual Screen Actors\u00a0Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 27, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The world was shocked to learn that on August 28, 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/chadwick-boseman-hints-cancer-battle-2017-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chadwick Boseman sadly passed away<\/a>. The <em>Black Panther\u00a0<\/em>actor had been battling stage three colon cancer since 2016. During <em>Black-ish <\/em>star Anthony Anderson&#8217;s &#8216;Stand Up to Cancer&#8217; event at the weekend, Boseman&#8217;s wife Simone Ledward performed a heartfelt rendition of &#8220;I&#8217;ll Be Seeing You&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are honored to have Chadwick&#39;s wife <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SimoneBoseman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#SimoneBoseman<\/a> here tonight. Her incredibly powerful performance reminds us that we all have heroes in our lives. Now is the time to Stand Up for them and with them. \ud83e\udde1 Give now at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tNxh7oe6XK\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/tNxh7oe6XK<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EwcyolYVmM\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/EwcyolYVmM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stand Up To Cancer (@SU2C) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SU2C\/status\/1429240385860083715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Anderson introduced Ledward to the stage, saying, &#8220;Many of us were devastated to learn of Chadwick Boseman&#8217;s tragic passing after he privately grappled with cancer for several years. The world lost an incredible artist and a true hero. But before he was a public figure, he was a person like you or me, a son, a brother, uncle, cousin, friend, colleague, husband. Many of us are all too familiar with the fracture a dearly loved one&#8217;s passing leaves in the lives of those who love them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the tear-jerking tribute below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Simone Boseman Honours Late Husband Chadwick Boseman At \u2018Stand Up To Cancer\u2019 Event\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e21kVFauAD8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The televised fundraising event supports research and new treatments for cancer. It was co-hosted by Anderson Ken Jeong, Tran Ho and Sofia Vergara. Special guests included Katie Couric, Brittany Howard, Common, Stevie Wonder and Reese Witherspoon.<\/p>\n<p>Following Boseman&#8217;s death Ledward represented the actor during the 2021 awards season. When accepting a Golden Globe on his behalf <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/04\/17\/how-chadwick-bosemans-widow-is-coping-with-2021-awards-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she said<\/a>, \u201cHe would say something beautiful. Something inspiring. Something that would amplify that little voice inside all of us that tells you you can. That tells you to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Celebrities took to social media in droves to reflect on the actor&#8217;s powerful influence at the news of his death. Close friend and colleague Issa Rae described him as a &#8220;literal Black superhero&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_199360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199360\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-199360\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-905469612.jpeg\" alt=\"Chadwick Boseman\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1471\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-199360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PASADENA, CA &#8211; JANUARY 15: Actress Issa Rae and actor Chadwick Boseman attend 49th NAACP Image Awards After Party at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on January 15, 2018 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin\/Getty Images for NAACP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFell asleep crying. Woke up crying. I don\u2019t know why this one hurts so badly,\u201d she began. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s because we lost a literal Black superhero. Maybe it\u2019s because your grace, class, kindness and dignity is so rare. Maybe it\u2019s because you had to suffer in silence for so long, while some speculated, cruelly. Maybe it\u2019s because we didn\u2019t need to see another Black man\u2019s life cut short. Maybe it\u2019s because your Denzel-anointed legacy had so much more to offer. Maybe it\u2019s because you felt like ours with every role you chose to embody. Maybe it\u2019s because God wanted your light a bit closer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1627,"featured_media":32782,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chadwick Boseman Honoured With A Heartfelt Performance By His Wife<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On August 28, 2020, Chadwick Boseman had sadly passed away. 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