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Chadwick Boseman is only the 7th man to get a posthumous Best Actor Oscar nomination

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Chadwick Boseman has been nominated for best actor at this year’s Oscars, less than seven months after his death from cancer.

The Black Panther star joins the likes of Anthony Hopkins and Riz Ahmed in the top category for his breathtaking performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

The accolade has made Boseman only the seventh man in the Academy Awards’ 93-year history to receive the best actor or best supporting actor nomination posthumously.

If he’s successful, he will join an even smaller group of posthumous winners, with only Heath Ledger and Peter Finch coming before him.

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