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Chadwick Boseman’s Wife Simone Reflects On His Cancer Battle In First Interview Since Actor’s Death

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Simone Ledward Boseman recently opened up about the life and legacy of her late husband Chadwick Boseman.

For the first time since Chawick Boseman’s 2020 passing after battling with colon cancer, Simone is speaking out about her relationship with Chadwick and “the most challenging two years I’ve ever had in my life” following his passing.

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LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 08: Chadwick Boseman attends the European Premiere of Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith on February 8, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney)

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“I can’t believe that I was so lucky,” she expressed to Whoopi Goldberg in an interview that aired today for an episode of ‘Good Morning America’. “I can’t believe that I got to love this person, and I also got them to love me too.”

During the interview she revealed that it was during the COVID-19 pandemic that her husband’s health really began to “spiral.” “It seemed like, ‘Is this a crazy coincidence?’ That we get to actually be inside, we get to be here with family, you know, together, and everybody in the world is also experiencing this togetherness in the midst of this awful, scary, unpredictable time,” Simone shared.

They kept their circle tight, she said, and as a result of their privacy, news of Boseman’s death at the age of 43 in August 2020 “shocked and devastated” the world, explained Goldberg.

“Some days, I’m doing worse than I’m really willing to acknowledge. Other days, I’m doing better than I feel comfortable admitting,” Simone continued.

Actor and alumnus Chadwick Boseman delivers the keynote address at Howard University’s commencement ceremony for the 2018 graduating class. Boseman received an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters. The ceremony is held in the upper quadrangle of the main campus of Howard University, in Washington D.C. on Saturday, May 12, 2018. (Photo by Cheriss May) (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Boseman’s legacy lives on in a scholarship created in his name at his “beloved” alma mater, Howard University. The university’s college of fine arts has also been renamed in Boseman’s honor.

“We have four scholars. One of them graduated this past year, and was very proud to be the first graduating Boseman scholar of the first graduating class of the Chadwick Boseman College of Fine Arts,” Simone said.

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