MTV dedicates 2020 Video Music Awards to the late Chadwick Boseman

“We dedicate tonight’s show to a man whose spirit touched so many,” MTV VMAs host Keke Palmer said. “He is a true hero, not just on screen, but in everything he did.”

The broadcast’s first commercial break also paid homage to Boseman, featuring a minute-long spot highlighting his 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards “Best Hero” speech, Variety reported.

Viewers might remember Boseman promptly gave his award statue to James Shaw Jr., who thwarted a gunman at a Tennessee Waffle House in April of that year, the entertainment site reported.

Boseman’s other film credits included, but are not limited to, “42,” “Marshall” and “Da 5 Bloods.”