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- May 24, 2000
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The Happy Hookses
* Washington-born actor Robert Hooks, who ran the D.C. Black
Repertory Company in the 1970s and now works in California, returns
this Friday to pick up an honorary doctorate from Bowie State
University. His son, Kevin Hooks, also will get a degree from Bowie
State. The Hookses say they're the first Hollywood father-son duo to
be awarded honorary doctorates anywhere. And Robert will deliver the
commencement speech.
"It's an honor to be honored, and we're happy to be making a
little history," 63-year-old Robert told us. The D.C. Council is
proclaiming Friday and Saturday Robert Hooks Day and Kevin Hooks Day,
respectively. Forty-one-year-old Kevin--who like his dad didn't ...
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