HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES -- Actor Chadwick Boseman, who died in 2020 following a yearslong battle with cancer, will be cemented in Hollywood history with a star on the Walk of Fame.

The "Black Panther" star, who died of colon cancer at age 43, will be posthumously honored at a ceremony Thursday.

Director Ryan Coogler, who worked with Boseman on "Black Panther," will speak at the ceremony alongside Viola Davis, who co-starred with Boseman in the film "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom."

Simone Ledward-Boseman will be there to accept the honor on her late husband's behalf.

Boseman made his film debut as Denver Broncos halfback Floyd Little in 2008's "The Express: The Ernie Davis Story." He gained plaudits as the star of another sports biopic in 2013, this time playing barrier-breaking baseball p

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