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Bill Cosby stripped of his Kennedy Center Honors and Mark Twain prize
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"Today the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted to rescind two artistic achievement awards the institution had previously bestowed upon Bill Cosby: the Kennedy Center Honors (1998) and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2009),” the Kennedy Center said in a statement. “As a result of Mr. Cosby’s recent criminal conviction, the Board concluded that his actions have overshadowed the very career accomplishments these distinctions from the Kennedy Center intend to recognize.”
TOPICS: Bill Cosby, AMC, Kennedy Center Honors, The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize, Crime, Sexual Misconduct
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