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Faygo Kid

(21,478 posts) Sun Jun 8, 2014, 08:30 PM Jun 2014

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Olivia DeHavilland will be 98 July 1. Will the Kennedy Center Honors follow?

I know it's not political. But I've been here since 2002, and I feel strongly about this. I want this to happen. and it's too bad Mickey Rooney never made it. The Kennedy Center Honors needs to honor the great Olivia DeHavilland. Now.

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Olivia DeHavilland will be 98 July 1. Will the Kennedy Center Honors follow? (Original Post) Faygo Kid Jun 2014 OP

she should be honored Adenoid_Hynkel Jun 2014 #1

It's possible that it may have been offered to her, but she refused it... rdmtimp Jun 2014 #2

Nominate her on the Kennedy Center website. They LibDemAlways Jun 2014 #3

She played Melanie in "Gone With the Wind". toby jo Jun 2014 #4

Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)

1. she should be honored

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2014, 08:49 PM

Jun 2014

don't know who you'd contact to try to advocate for it, though.

rdmtimp

(1,590 posts)

2. It's possible that it may have been offered to her, but she refused it...

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2014, 11:07 PM

Jun 2014

Doris Day declined a Kennedy Center Honor because she didn't want to travel to DC.

LibDemAlways

(15,139 posts)

3. Nominate her on the Kennedy Center website. They

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2014, 11:17 PM

Jun 2014

are now accepting suggestions from the public.

toby jo

(1,269 posts)

4. She played Melanie in "Gone With the Wind".

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2014, 02:36 PM

Jun 2014

She was great in that role. Course it was my favorite character.

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