‘Saturday Night Live’ to Honor Chadwick Boseman by Re-Airing His 2018 Episode Tonight
thewrap.comdied last week after a four-year fight with colon cancer, a network spokesperson confirmed to TheWrap.The episode, which originally aired in April 2018 after the release of “Black Panther,” featured popular bits like “Black Jeopardy,” where Boseman — as his character King T’Challa — appeared alongside Kenan Thompson, Leslie Jones and Chris Redd on the mock game show.In announcing the stunning news of his death last Friday, Boseman’s family revealed that he had been diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016 that later progressed to stage IV.
But in that time, despite rounds of chemotherapy and surgeries, Boseman filmed “Marshall,” “Black Panther,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “21 Bridges,” “Da 5 Bloods” and “Ma Rainey’s.
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