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Cosby Honored at Kennedy Center for Lifetime Arts Work
Bill Cosby received the Kennedy Center honors alongside Shirley Temple Black Andre Previn John Kander Fred Ebb and Willie Nelson at a White House reception with President Clinton praising his gift to reveal human experience through laughter. Temple Black noted her early film career and retirement to public service while Cosby recalled his I Spy Fat Albert and The Cosby Show rise from stand-up to television stardom in the 60s 70s and 80s.
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