In this video grab issued Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, by MTV, host Keke Palmer talks about late actor Chadwick Boseman during the MTV Video Music Awards.
(MTV via AP)NEW YORK Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, whose death from colon cancer shocked fans, was honored at the MTV Video Music Awards as a hero in real life, not just on the big screen.
Boseman had previously been honored by the MTV Movie & TV Awards in 2018 for his role as the Marvel Comics superhero.
Palmer said Boseman was a true hero, not just on screen but in everything he did. On screen, Boseman played Black icons like Jackie Robinson, James Brown and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
ABC aired Black Panther commercial-free Sunday as a prime-time tribute to the actor, followed by an ABC News Special, Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King.