The widow and parents of "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman, who died due to cancer in August 2020, have finally settled his estate after he died without a will. They have agreed to equally divide what was left of the actor's fortune.
According to Daily Mail, Boseman's net worth was around $3,881,758 before his death. Since he left no will, settling the estate ballooned to a higher cost in legal fees.
Thus, his widow Taylor Simone Ledward, and dad and mom, Leroy and Carolyn Boseman, will split just $2.3 million evenly. They will get around $1.15 million each after paying all his bills, taxes, and other dues, including the actor's funeral cost.
Ledward Initiated the Equal Division
Court documents obtained by Radar Online suggested that Boseman's wife initiated the equal division since Ledward filed to become the administrator of her husband's estate two months after he died. Boseman and Ledward were married barely a year before his passing, although they have been together since 2016 or throughout his private battle with colon cancer.
The family of the late actor, who was only 43 when he passed on, confirmed that he got married to Ledward when they announced that he died. The pair had been engaged since October 2019 and had planned on getting married despite his cancer battle and the pandemic.
As with his cancer battle, Boseman was also very private about his personal life, so very few details about his engagement or wedding to Ledward came out in the press. In January 2021, however, Ledward opened up about her life with the Marvel superstar during his posthumous honor at the Gotham Awards.
Ledward, who works as a singer and has a degree in music industry studies, said that her husband was the "most honest person" she had ever met. She described the "Black Panther" star as an uncommon person and an uncommon artist.
"Black Panther" Will Live On
Meanwhile, Martin Freeman, Boseman's co-star on "Black Panther," said they all felt the gap on the set when they started filming the sequel. Everyone from the cast and crew agreed that there was a strange feeling to be back to work without the film's hero, King T'Challa (Boseman).
"I think everyone would find it pretty strange and sad," Freeman said in an interview with Collider. "But at the same time, life and things don't just end," so they have agreed to come back to do the film's follow-up because the lore of "Black Panther" has to live on.
Boseman was also supposed to be part of the sequel. No one knew he was battling a serious disease, even Marvel boss, Kevin Feige, until the family announced his death.
Freeman, however, believes that the richness of "Black Panther" story will sustain the film moving forward, and those working on the movie trust the vision of Ryan Coogler, the writer and director.
