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| | USATODAY.com - The arts are the stars at Kennedy Center gala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06) |
 | | But when it comes to the Kennedy Center Honors, prim-and-proper Washington can be full of surprises. |
 | | A weekend of glittery receptions rivaling Hollywood culminated at the Kennedy Center Sunday with the 27th annual gala saluting the careers of six legendary performers: pop star Elton John, 57; actor Warren Beatty, 67; soprano Dame Joan Sutherland, 78; composer John Williams, 72; and husband-wife acting team Ossie Davis, 86, and Ruby Dee, 80. |
 | | Sunday's ceremony began with a bittersweet moment as Walter Cronkite, who hosted the honors for 22 years, formally passed the baton to Caroline Kennedy, who filled in last year when the legendary newsman was felled by laryngitis. |
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