Friends and family will honor Chadwick Boseman when he is awarded a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The star installation ceremony for the late Black Panther actor is scheduled to take place on Nov. 20, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced on its website.
The actor is being recognized in the motion pictures category, and will be honored with the 2,828th star on the Los Angeles landmark.
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The star will be located at 6904 Hollywood Blvd., across from the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre. The ceremony takes place at 11:30 a.m. PT, and will stream live at www.walkoffame.com for fans to watch around the world.
Boseman died in August 2020, after a lengthy battle with colon cancer. He was 43.
The actor was best known for his roles in Black Panther, Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, and writer-director Brian Helgeland’s 42.
Boseman’s last movie was the award-winning 2020 Netflix film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which earned him an Oscar nomination.
Viola Davis, who co-starred in the Netflix film, will speak at the star ceremony along with Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, according to Billboard.
The actor’s widow, Simone Ledward-Boseman, will be there to accept the honor on his behalf.
“The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is deeply honored to celebrate Chadwick Boseman’s extraordinary legacy with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,” Ana Martinez, Hollywood Walk of Fame producer, said in a statement. “His powerful performances and enduring impact both on and off screen continue to inspire generations around the world.”
Boseman was born in South Carolina. He graduated from Howard University and began his Hollywood career with small roles on the television series Law & Order, ER, Cold Case, and Lincoln Heights.
His breakout role came in 2013, when he starred as baseball legend Jackie Robinson in the film 42.
Boseman would portray more iconic figures, including James Brown in Get On Up (2014), and Supreme Court justice and fellow Howard alum Thurgood Marshall, in Marshall (2017).
He found his biggest box office success as King T’Challa in Marvel’s Black Panther (2018).
The actor starred in the Marvel blockbuster, as well as Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and was shown in flashbacks in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).
Boseman won an NAACP Image Award in 2019 for his work as T’Challa. He also received a BET Award for the role, and a posthumous Primetime Emmy Award in the outstanding character voice-over category for voicing an alternate universe version of the character in the Marvel-Disney+ series What If…?
Even after his cancer diagnosis in 2016, he continued to work while undergoing treatments, his family said after his death.
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