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November 19, 2014
ENTERTAINMENT
The late great dancer
and choreographer Alvin
Ailey will receive the
Presidential Medal of
Freedom, posthumously,
during a White House
ceremony Nov. 234.
Alvin Ailey and
Stevie Wonder to get
Medal of Freedom
P resid en t B arack O b am a is
aw ard in g the P residential M edal
o f F reed o m to 19 p eo p le, in clu d
ing A lvin A iley and Stevie W o n
d er.
T h e tw o p e r f o r m e r s a re
am o n g those w h o w ill receiv e
the m edal at a W h ite H o u se
cerem o n y N ov. 24. T he m edal is
the h ig h est h o n o r g ran ted to c i
v ilian s in the U .S. and ho n o rs
co n trib u tio n s to U .S. security,
w o r ld p e a c e a n d c u l t u r a l
ach iev em en t.
C h o reo g rap h er A lvin A iley,
w ho died in 1989, w ill receive the
medal posthum ously. M usical the
ater com poser Stephen Sondheim
and form er N B C N ightly N ew s
anchor T om B rokaw will also re
ceive the aw ard.
O th er recip ien ts include a c
tress M eryl Streep, au th o r Isabel
A l l e n d e , s c i e n t i s t M ild r e d
D r e s s e lh a u s , g o lf e r C h a rle s
Sifford, econom ist R obert Solow
and actress M ario T hom as.
O b a m a s a y s th e w in n e rs
h elp ed w rite new ch ap ters in
A m erica's story. T he p resid en t
an n o u n ced the recip ien ts w hile
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