Chadwick Boseman honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame Star five years after his death

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Chadwick Boseman honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame Star five years after his death  Five years after his passing, “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman has been immortalized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, celebrating a legacy that forever changed modern cinema.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/11/21/chadwick-boseman-honored-with-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-five-years-after-his-death  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00He rose to fame with powerful roles like Jackie Robinson in 42, James Brown in Get On Up and Wakanda's King T'Challa.

00:08Five years on from his death, Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

00:15Viola Davis says his legacy continues to shine.

00:18It's best to use all of life.

00:21Leave death nothing but the dregs.

00:25Nothing but a burnt out castle.

00:27And Chadwick was a castle.

00:33Chadwick was a mighty, mighty elixir that sort of stirred up that alchemy that we're all in search of, which is meaning.

00:48I celebrate him today.

00:50And I say to him, I hope all the angels in heaven just sang him to a beautiful rest.

01:04And I thank him for what he left behind in me, which is a burning amber that always guides me to a higher meaning of my work and my purpose.

01:20Chadwick now holds the 2,828 star unveiled on the Walk of Fame.

01:25His widow, Simone Lenwood Boseman, says his talent changed Hollywood forever.

01:30It never ceases to amaze me the global impact that Chad's work had.

01:36There was a woman here today that flew from Malawi to be here.

01:40I get DMs and messages from people all across the globe, all across the continent.

01:45He touched people, you know, and not just on a surface level.

02:05And that is something incredibly powerful to do, especially at the magnitude that he was able to do it.

02:12Boseman passed away in 2020 at the age of 43 after a private battle with colon cancer.

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