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Aug 2, 2002 • 1 min read

McCartney receives award for contribution to American culture

Paul McCartney is among five people to receive this year's Kennedy Center Honors, recognising lifetime contributions to American culture, with a ceremony in Washington on 7 December.

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Paul McCartney is to feature among the five people to receive this year's Kennedy Center Honors, a US awards programme which recognises artists for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts. Actors Elizabeth Taylor, James Earl Jones and Chita Rivera, and Metropolitan Opera artistic director James Levine will also be honoured at a ceremony on 7 Dec in Washington. Announcing the nominees awards chairman James A Johnson described McCartney as "one of the most prolific and influential songwriters of our era." It is unusual for a Brit to win one of these awards – with past musical winners including Americans Willie Nelson, Stevie Wonder, Chuck Berry and Quincy Jones

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