"HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES -- Actor Chadwick Boseman, who died in 2020, will be posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The ceremony to celebrate the "Black Panther" actor, who died of colon cancer at age 43, will take place Nov. 20, Billboard first reported. Director Ryan Coogler, who worked with Boseman on "Black Panther," will speak at the ceremony alongside Viola Davis, who co-starred with Boseman in the film "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.""
"Boseman made his film debut as Denver Broncos halfback Floyd Little in 2008's "The Express: The Ernie Davis Story." He gained plaudits as the star of another sports biopic in 2013, this time playing barrier-breaking baseball player Jackie Robinson in "42." Boseman found his biggest box office success and rose to worldwide star status as King T'Challa, the titular superhero of Marvel's "Black Panther.""
Chadwick Boseman will be posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Nov. 20. Ryan Coogler and Viola Davis will speak at the ceremony, and Simone Ledward-Boseman will accept the honor on her late husband's behalf. Boseman debuted in 2008's The Express portraying Floyd Little and later starred as Jackie Robinson in 42. He achieved global stardom as King T'Challa in Marvel's Black Panther, appearing in Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Boseman also earned a posthumous Emmy for voice work on What If...? and starred in films including 21 Bridges and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
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