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Article: Lily Tomlin will receive Twain humor prize.
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- United Press International
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- May 20, 2003
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WASHINGTON, May 20, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX)
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Tuesday that Lily Tomlin will receive the sixth annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Tomlin -- who has won six Emmys, two Tonys, a Grammy and two Peabody Awards -- will be honored at a gala on Oct. 26 at the Kennedy Center, to be taped for a later telecast over PBS.
She will join a list of Mark Twain Prize recipients that includes Richard Pryor, Jonathan Winters, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg and last year's winner, Bob Newhart. Tomlin is being recognized for a career in which she has created such enduring comic ...