She said her pride at receiving the honor will be mixed with 'a bit of sadness because Burt and Hal won´t be there.' Bacharach died in February, and David died in 2012
On top of it: Warwick shot to stardom in the 1960s as the muse for the superstar songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Bill Cosby also received both honors, but they were rescinded in 2018 following his sexual assault conviction, which later was overturned. 'I sat next to Henry Kissinger on a plane one time, and even he said it to me.'Ĭrystal, who also received the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy in 2007, joins an elite group of comedians to earn both the Twain prize and the Kennedy Center Honor: David Letterman, Steve Martin, Lorne Michaels, Lily Tomlin, Carol Burnett and Neil Simon. 'After all these years, I still get "You look marvelous" the most,' Crystal told The Associated Press, citing the character's catchphrase. , The Princess Bride and City Slickers.īut the character he says seems to most resonate with fans is SNL talk show host Fernando Lamas. He went on to a brief but memorable one-year stint on Saturday Night Live before starring in a string of movies, including massive hits like When Harry Met Sally. Seen in 2022Ĭrystal, 75, came to national prominence in the 1970s playing Jodie Dallas, one of the first openly gay characters on American network television, on the sitcom Soap.
Congrats: Billy Crystal is one of five iconic artists selected for this year's Kennedy Center Honors.
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