Seven artists to receive 2012 Kennedy Center Honors
By Lonnae O’Neal Parker, Published: September 12
Actor Dustin Hoffman, whose career has included some of the most wide-ranging and memorable roles in film history, and bluesman George “Buddy” Guy, who began playing “before the guitar was electrified” and picked his way to worldwide legendary status, are among the seven artists who will receive this year’s Kennedy Center Honors.
The 35th-anniversary honorees announced Wednesday include comedian and late-night TV host David Letterman; ballerina Natalia Makarova; and keyboardist/bassist John Paul Jones, guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant, all of rock band Led Zeppelin.
“With their extraordinary talent, creativity and tenacity, the seven 2012 Kennedy Center Honorees have contributed significantly to the cultural life of our nation and the world,” Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein said.
The breadth of Hoffman’s roles “has made him one of the most versatile and iconoclastic actors of this or any other generation; David Letterman is one of the most influential personalities in the history of television,” Rubenstein said. Makarova, 71, who left her native Russia in 1970 and that year debuted in the title role of “Giselle” with the American Ballet Theatre, “has ignited the stages of the world’s greatest ballet companies and continues to pass the torch to the next ...More...
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