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Posthumous Globe win for Chadwick Boseman

March 01, 2021 10:34 IST

Chadwick Boseman was posthumously honoured with a Golden Globe award for his performance as the strong-willed trumpet player Levee, who marches to his own beat in the musical period drama Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, the actor's swansong.

Boseman, who died in August at the age of 43 following a four year-long private battle with colon cancer, won the award in the Best Performance by an actor in a Motion Picture category.

Boseman's wife, Simone Ledward, accepted the award on his behalf in a Zoom call.

"He would thank God. He would thank his parents. He would thank his ancestors for their guidance and their sacrifices," an emotional Ledward said.

It's the first Golden Globe win for Boseman, who achieved global stardom as King T'Challa of fictitious African country Wakanda aka superhero Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

 

Much before 2018's Black Panther, the actor had made a name for himself by playing iconic black historical figures like baseball star Jackie Robinson in 42, singer-songwriter James Brown in Get on Up and the first African-American Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in Marshall.

Gary Oldman for Mank, Riz Ahmed for The Sound of Metal, Anthony Hopkins for The Father, and Tahar Rahim for The Mauritanian were the other nominees in the category.

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