The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards paid tribute to Chadwick Boseman, days after the Black Panther star died of colon cancer on the age of 43. To have fun Boseman’s legacy, VMAs host Keke Palmer introduced at first of the present that the occasion could be devoted to his reminiscence.
Palmer stated that Boseman was “a real hero not simply on-screen” and added, “His affect lives without end.”
Later within the broadcast, the MTV VMAs revisited a memorable moment from the 2018 VMAs when Boseman was an honoree on the occasion, profitable Finest Hero for his work within the MCU standalone movie; the actor determined to offer his Moon Individual trophy to James Shaw Jr., a “real-life hero” who saved lives by combating off an energetic shooter at a Waffle Home in Antioch, Tennessee.
RIP Chadwick Boseman.
Tonight’s #VMAs is devoted to him.
— Video Music Awards (@vmas) August 31, 2020
Boseman died on Friday, Aug. 29 after 4 years of remedy for colon most cancers. His household introduced his dying in a statement posted to social media, which has since develop into the most-liked Twitter submit of all time. His loss has impressed numerous tributes from Hollywood, together with from other veterans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with whom he labored.