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Honoring the Grateful Dead Without Including Jerry Garcia? Why the Kennedy Center Needs to Change Its Policy on Group Members Who Have Died (Op-Ed)
Why the Kennedy Center Honors Program Needs to Change Its Policy on Group Members Who Have Died (Opinion)
Other groups that are (or should be) on their list of future inductees which have both living and dead members include Fleetwood Mac, Chicago, Pink Floyd and Queen. The Kennedy Center should modify its rules so all key members of groups and duos are honored, whether they’re still living at the time of their inductions or have taken their final earthly bows. This year’s other honorees, in addition to the Dead, are Bonnie Raitt, jazz musician Arturo Sandoval; director and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola; and The Apollo, which will receive a special Honors as an iconic American institution.
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