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Billy Crystal to Get Mark Twain Prize

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Date: 20070501
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WASHINGTON - Billy Crystal will be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

He's the 10th recipient of the award, given annually by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It'll be presented Oct. 11 at a tribute performance that will be televised by PBS.

"The work he has created for stage, film and television has made an indelible impression," Kennedy Center Chairman Stephen Schwarzman said Tuesday. "It is the work of not just a humorist but also a humanist."

Last year, Crystal reunited with Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams to host a special "Comic Relief" telethon ...

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