At 7.1 million likes and counting, the final tweet from Chadwick Boseman's Twitter account has become the most liked post in the site's history.
The world was stunned on Friday night and into the early hours of Saturday morning when news broke that Chadwick Boseman had passed away. It was revealed that the Black Panther actor had been battling stage three colon cancer for the past four years, choosing to keep the diagnosis a secret from all but those closest to him.
Boseman was just 43 years old when he passed on Friday morning. His four-year battle also means that he was undergoing operations and chemotherapy while working on movies such as 21 Bridges, Avengers: Infinity War, and Da 5 Bloods. While most of his fans know Boseman for his portrayal of a superhero in the MCU, it would appear that he was quietly playing one off-screen too.
News of Boseman's death was revealed to the world through a statement from his family via his own Twitter account. The statement detailed that Boseman had been fighting cancer for the past four years, but had succumbed to the disease after it reached stage four. It also revealed that the actor died at home with his wife and family by his side. Once the tweet was published, word spread very, very fast.
That tweet, which will be the last from Boseman's account unless his family uses it in the future, has gone on to become the most-liked tweet in Twitter history. Twitter confirmed the record had been broken via its own official account. It tweeted, "Most liked tweet ever. A tribute fit for a king." At the time of typing this, that record stands at 7.1 million likes and continues to grow.
It's a bittersweet moment, that's for sure. As the world still attempts to get its head around Boseman being gone, it's incredible to witness exactly how many lives this man touched. For the reveal of his passing to garner more attention on a platform such as Twitter than powerful tweets from the likes of Barack Obama is incredibly telling. Rest in power Chadwick, now let's continue to grow that number so the record is never broken.
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