Chadwick Boseman died without will; Widow in charge of estate, wants to split funds with his parents

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, actor Chadwick Boseman poses for a portrait in New York to promote his film, "Black Panther." The acclaimed actor is being posthumously honored as the namesake of Howard’s newly re-established Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts. Boseman, who graduated in 2000 with a BFA in directing, died in August 2020 at age 43 of colon cancer, after an illness that was largely kept secret. He rose to prominence playing a succession of Black icons in biographical films: Jackie Robinson, singer James Brown and Thurgood Marshall. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)
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The late Chadwick Boseman didn’t have a will.

Now, the “Black Panther” star’s widow and his parents will split his $2.3-million fortune evenly.

According to a report published Friday by Shadow and Act, Boseman’s wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, is in charge of his estate and has asked the court to distribute the funds equally between her and his parents, Leroy and Carolyn Boseman.

Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer in 2016 at 43 years old, months after he wed Ledward.

RadarOnline.com obtained the final accounting report filed by Ledward.

The court allowed Ledward to be reimbursed for the requested amount of $47,000, which included funeral costs, a mausoleum crypt at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Anderson, South Carolina (Boseman’s hometown), and mausoleum crypts for Boseman’s parents to be laid to rest next to their late son.

Ledward reveals the total inventoried value of Boseman’s estate is $3,881,758.31. That amount includes several residual checks that have come in since March 2021.

Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim/

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