Twitter's most liked tweet of all time now belongs to Chadwick Boseman

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(CNN) The tweet announcing that the world had lost Chadwick Boseman is now the most liked tweet of all time.

Twitter confirmed the accolade on its own verified account Saturday simply stating: "Most liked Tweet ever. A tribute fit for a King. #WakandaForever."

A tribute fit for a King. #WakandaForever https://t.co/lpyzmnIVoP — Twitter (@Twitter) August 29, 2020

Boseman's account shared a black and white image of him with a statement confirming he had lost a four-year battle with colon cancer on Friday. He was 43 years old.

The message went viral and now stands alone at the top of Twitter's metrics board with more than 5.7 million likes.

The next closest tweet was one from Barack Obama in 2017 that included a quote by Nelson Mandela. The words and image have been liked more than 4.3 million times.

madamimadam26 on August 30th, 2020 at 04:10 UTC »

It’s extremely impressive he did what he did. I always respected him as an actor but the fact that he was dealing colon cancer the whole time and kept it within his inner circle in unimaginable. I think that’s why this is such a huge story. This is a man who went through an illness that could make someone (reasonably) not want to do anything at all. Yet he went to work, visited children in hospitals, and made speeches. He was a great man. The aspects of what he dealt with that he kept private add a layer of depth to who he was by the nature of keeping it close.

andthatsalright on August 30th, 2020 at 04:05 UTC »

TIL Andy Milonakis has the 4th most liked tweet.