Chadwick Aaron Boseman [5]  (November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020) was an American actor and producer. He was best known for his portrayals of real-life historical figures, such as  Jackie Robinson  in  42  (2013),  James Brown  in  Get on Up  (2014) and  Thurgood Marshall  in  Marshall  (2017), and for his portrayal of the superhero  Black Panther  in the  Marvel Cinematic Universe  films, most notably in  Black Panther  (2018), for which he won a  NAACP Image Award  and a  Screen Actors Guild Award ,  Captain America: Civil War (2016),  Avengers: Infinity War  (2018), and  Avengers: Endgame  (2019). He also starred in films such as  21 Bridges  (2019) and  Da 5 Bloods  (2020). Boseman died at age 43 following a four-year battle with  colon cancer . [6]   [7]

Raymond Gilmore Allen  (March 5, 1929 – August 10, 2020) was an American television actor. He was best known for his appearances on television during the 1970s. He had recurring roles as Ned the  Wino  on  Good Times , as  Aunt Esther 's husband, Woodrow "Woody" Anderson on the  NBC  sitcom series  Sanford and Son , and as  mechanic  Merle the Earl on  Starsky and Hutch . He reprised his role as Uncle Woody Anderson in the  Sanford and Son   spin-off ,  The Sanford Arms . Allen also made guest appearances on  The Jeffersons ,  What's Happening!! ,  The Love Boat  and the film  Wattstax

James Harris  (May 28, 1950 – August 9, 2020) was an American  professional wrestler , better known by the  ring name   Kamala . Nicknamed "The Ugandan Giant", Kamala portrayed a fearsome and simpleminded  Ugandan  who wrestled barefoot in  war paint and a  loincloth , and approached the ring wearing an  African mask  and carrying a spear and shield. He is best known for his appearances with the  World Wrestling Federation  (WWF) in the mid-1980s and early 1990s