Chadwick Boseman honored with posthumous star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Family and friends gathered to grant the precocious Chadwick Boseman arsenic the histrion received a prima connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame connected Thursday.

The "Black Panther" prima received a posthumous prima connected Hollywood Boulevard and was honored by his widow, Simone Ledward Boseman, arsenic good arsenic manager Ryan Coogler and Oscar victor Viola Davis.

Boseman died successful August 2020 from colon cancer.

The histrion was astir famously known for portraying T'Challa/Black Panther successful the 2018 Marvel movie "Black Panther." He besides earned accolades and captious acclaim for his roles successful "21 Bridges," Spike Lee's "Da 5 Bloods," and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom."

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In her tribute, Davis said Boseman "channeled the divine."

"Chadwick was a mighty, mighty elixir that benignant of stirred up that alchemy that we're each successful hunt of, which is meaning," said Davis, who starred successful "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" with Boseman successful 2020.

"I observe him today, and I accidental to him, I hoped each the angels successful eden conscionable sang him to a beauteous rest," Davis added. "And I convey him for what helium near down successful me, which is simply a burning ember that ever guides maine to a higher meaning of my enactment and my purpose."

Coogler, who directed Boseman successful "Black Panther" successful 2018, recalled the actor's immense endowment and described him arsenic "our astir unthinkable jewel."

"There's thing peculiar astir being that adjacent to idiosyncratic that great. You recognize however overmuch you don't measurement up, but you besides recognize however overmuch a quality assemblage is susceptible of," Coogler said. "Chad showed that each day. And his generosity extended to, the information that adjacent erstwhile helium knew his days were constricted and his moments were numbered, helium inactive gave to the creation form, helium inactive threw himself into the fire."

Ledward Boseman, who accepted the prima connected behalf of her precocious husband, took the signifier past to stock a fewer words.

"In life, Chad was much than an actor, oregon adjacent an artist, helium was a spiritual teacher, fortified by a household and adjacent friends that kept him grounded successful faith," Ledward Boseman said.

She added, "Chad taught each of america a large deal. His bosom was truthful vast, helium could springiness each and each idiosyncratic a circumstantial portion of him and inactive person truthful overmuch near to stock with the world."

Also successful attendance astatine Thursday's ceremonial were Boseman's "Black Panther" co-stars Michael B. Jordan and Letitia Wright. Boseman's brothers Derrick L. Boseman and Kevin Boseman besides attended the Walk of Fame ceremonial to grant their precocious sibling.

Good Morning America contributed to this report.