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Leontyne Price
Count Basie
Katherine Dunham
Ella Fitzgerlad
Lena Horne
were recipients of 
Kennedy Center
Salutes for excellence 
in their profession
which contributed to 
general welfare of our 
nation. 

[image top right]: ELLA FITZGERALD was one of the five honorees in Kennedy Center Honors Program in Washington, D.C. on December 2, 1979. The other four honorees were Aaron Copeland, Henry Fonda, Martha Graham, and Tennessee Williams. 

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COUNT BASIE - 1981