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Billy Porter Fights Back Tears as He Dedicates Tony Award to Late Mom Cloerinda Jean Johnson Porter-Ford

Billy Porter was honored with the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award on Sunday.

- Mary Kouw/CBS via Getty ImagesThe celebrated actor took to Instagram in February to share the unfortunate news of his mother's death, as well as a moving tribute with a slideshow of snapshots featuring his late mom. "With heavy hearts we announce the passing of our loving mother," Porter and his sister, Mary Martha Ford, wrote in a joint post. During his emotional acceptance speech on Sunday, Porter expressed his deep gratitude for the honor, sharing, "I grew up in a world where they told me that who I was was not worthy of anything.

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