Chadwick Boseman's death from colon cancer was a devastating loss for Hollywood and his widow, Simone Ledward, shared details of his journey and death. The actor was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in 2016 and had been cancer-free in 2018, but the cancer returned later that year, more aggressively, and was diagnosed as stage 4. He died at age 43 from stage 4 in 2020 at just 43. Despite his illness, Simone said that considering the possibility of Bosem's death felt like a betrayal of faith and that he was not being treated differently due to his illness. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men and women.