Neil Simon to Receive Mark Twain Prize

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06-14-2006
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Neil Simon is interviewed as he arrives at the after-party for the opening night of his play "The Odd Couple," in New York in this Oct. 27, 2005 file photo. Simon will receive the Kennedy Center's humor prize, the Mark Twain Prize, for more than four decades of Broadway hits, movies and TV shows blending the serious and the silly: "The Odd Couple," "Lost in Yonkers," "Barefoot in the Park" and dozens more. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)

Neil Simon will receive the Kennedy Center's humor prize for more than four decades of Broadway hits, movies and TV ...

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