Chadwick Boseman and others honored with Walk of Fame stars

Musicians Gwen Stefani and Dr. Dre will be honored as well.

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, actor Chadwick Boseman appears at an interview for the film "Marshall," in Washington. The acclaimed actor is being posthumously honored as the namesake of Howards newly re-established Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts. Boseman, who graduated in 2000 with a BFA in directing, died in August 2020 at age 43 of colon cancer, after an illness that was largely kept secret. He rose to prominence playing a succession of Black icons in biographical films: Jackie Robinson, singer James Brown and Thurgood Marshall. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) (Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh is on a list of actors and celebrities being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year. “Black Panther” actor Chadwick Boseman, who died from cancer in 2020 at 43, is being posthumously honored with a star as well.

“I’m already crying thinking of the ceremony for Chadwick,” one fan tweeted in response to the news. “And yay for Michelle!”

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