Chadwick Boseman (11/29/1976 - 8/28/2020)
Film Deaths
- Get On Up (2014) [James Brown]: Dies 13 years after the ending scene (off-screen). The film mentioned his death in closing text but didn't reveals how he dies. However, in real life, James Brown died of pneumonia on Christmas Day 2006.
- Gods of Egypt (2016) [Thoth]: Brain ripped out by Gerard Butler, but is later resurrected. (Mythologically inaccurate: there is no record in mythology of Thoth dying.)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018) [King T’Challa/Black Panther]: Disintegrated from existence by Josh Brolin's Infinity powers, just as he attempts to help Danai Gurira to her feet. He is later resurrected when Mark Ruffalo uses the Infinity Stones to bring all the people disintegrated out of existence back to life in Avengers: Endgame (2019).
- Da 5 Bloods (2020) [Stormin' Norman]: Accidentally shot in the stomach by Delroy Lindo during combat; he dies in Lindo's arms.
TV Deaths
- Cold Case: Street Money (2008) [Dexter Collins]: Shot by Tyrees Allen. His body is shown at the beginning of the episode, and his death is shown in a flashback later on. He later appears as a ghost/figment of imagination to Gbenga Akinnagbe, at the end of the episode when his murder is solved.
- Justified: For Blood or Money (2011) [Ralph 'Flex' Beeman]: Shot to death by the marshals.