Black Hollywood is in mourning on the sudden lack of award-winning actor and producer Chadwick Boseman, who died on Friday after succumbing to a four-year battle with colon cancer.

Boseman died at his home surrounded by his family members. “He died in his home, along with his wife and family by his side,” said an Instagram statement from his representatives. “The family thanks you on your love and prayers, and asks that you simply proceed to respect their privacy during this difficult time.”

The beloved actor became a world superstar after playing the titular role in Marvel’s Black Panther, but his most die-hard fans knew his work well long before he became the final word big screen superhero. Boseman brought us one critically acclaimed performance after one other throughout his Hollywood profession, with unforgettable starring roles in three biopics—2014’s Get On Up, a take a look at musical image of James Brown; 2013’s 42, a movie celebrating the baseball legend Jackie Robinson; and 2017 Marshall, a 2017 film about Thurgood Marshall’s life.

The statement continued, “Chadwick was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016, and battled with it these last 4 years because it progressed to stage IV….A real fighter, Chadwick persevered through all of it, and brought you lots of the movies you might have come to like a lot. From Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and a number of other more, all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy.”

The actor’s rep also shared that playing King T’Challa in Black Panther was most actually “the distinction of his profession.”