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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