brought an outpouring of tributes ranging from former U.S. President Barack Obama to Oprah Winfrey and"Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler.The VMA awards show on Sunday also ran clips of Boseman accepting an MTV Movie Award in 2018 for his role as king of the fictional African kingdom Wakanda in"Black Panther," and aired a black screen with the words"Rest in Power.
His family's tweet announcing his death on the actor's Twitter account became the most-liked posting ever on Twitter, the social media platform said on Saturday. It had 7.2 million likes by Sunday. Coogler described Boseman in a statement on Sunday as"an epic firework display" and said he had been unaware that Boseman was ill while filming"Black Panther."
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