Denzel Washington reflected on some of his last moments with Chadwick Boseman and the love and dedication he saw between Boseman and his wife, Taylor Simone Ledward.

On CBSs Sunday Morning, Washington remembered observing the younger actor on the set of the upcoming Netflix film Ma Raineys Black Bottom and telling the then-unmarried Boseman that he should wed Ledward.

I used to watch how she took care of him, and I actually said to him ... Man, you need to put a ring on that finger, the Oscar-winning actor recalled during an interview with correspondent Tracy Smith. She kept her eye on him and she watched him. ... I was like Man, she loves that guy.

Boseman, who made his final movie appearance in Ma Raineys Black Bottom, died in August after a yearslong battle with colon cancer. He was 43.

Washington, a producer on the film, said he didnt know at the time that Boseman had cancer. The Black Panther star did not speak publicly about his diagnosis.

Boseman and Ledward had been romantically linked together for years. He gave her a sweet shoutout during a 2019 NAACP Image Awards acceptance speech, when he won Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture.

Simone, youre with me every day. I have to acknowledge you right now. ... I love you, he said on stage.