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Chadwick Boseman Remembered: E! News Rewind
Chadwick Boseman is present an Emmy winner.
On time 1 of the 2022 Creative Arts Emmys connected Sept. 3, the precocious Black Panther star won the grant for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for portraying Star Lord T'Challa successful the occurrence "What If… T'Challa Became A Star-Lord?" of the Disney+ Marvel animated series What If...? It marked his last relation earlier his 2020 death.
Accepting the grant on behalf of Chadwick, who roseate to fame playing the quality T'Challa successful the 2018 MCU film Black Panther, was his wife, Taylor Simone Ledward.
"When I learned Chad was nominated, I started reasoning of everything that was going connected successful the satellite and our satellite and being truthful successful awe of his committedness and dedication," she said successful a speech, according to Deadline. "What a beauteous infinitesimal that 1 of the past things helium would enactment connected was thing truthful important to him and to the satellite but besides thing new."
She continued, "You can't recognize your intent unless you inquire what if? What if the beingness is conspiring successful my favor? What if it's me? Chad would beryllium truthful honored and I americium honored connected his behalf."
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Chadwick died successful August 2020 astatine property 43 aft a four-year conflict with colon crab and respective months aft helium joined his wife.
Following his death, helium was nominated for his archetypal Oscar for his starring relation successful the film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom but lost to Anthony Hopkins for The Father. Chadwick did, however, triumph his archetypal Golden Globe for the aforesaid portion and his wife accepted the honor connected his behalf successful a video screened during the 2021 ceremony.
Other first-time Emmy winners astatine the 2022 Creative Arts Emmys Sept. 3 included Adele—for the Adele One Night Only assortment special, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr—for Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back docuseries, and Eminem—for the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show. They are each present a Tony Award distant from being EGOT winners.
This year's Creative Arts Emmys, whose 2nd nighttime takes spot Sept. 4, precedes the Primetime Emmys, which volition aerial unrecorded connected NBC and Peacock connected Sept. 12 astatine 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.
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