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MR. PRESIDENT. [APPLAUSE] >> AND READERS OF THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY. [APPLAUSE] >> SIR, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT YOU HAVE PRESIDED OVER THE
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KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, WHICH PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE
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MOST DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE PERFORMING ART. JUST THINK, MR. PRESIDENT, IF YOU HAD NOT DECIDED TO GO
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INTO POLITICS. [APPLAUSE] >> YOU MIGHT BE SITTING IN THE CHAIR THAT CARY GRANT IS IN RIGHT NOW. [APPLAUSE] >> AND AL HAGUE WOULD BE SITTING IN
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YOUR CHAIR. [LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE] >> MR. PRESIDENT, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY, SO YOU HAVEN'T PAID MUCH ATTENTION TO HOW THE KENNEDY HONOREES WERE
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SELECTED. ORIGINALLY DAVID STOCKMAN SAID THE COUNTRY COULD ONLY AFFORD
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THREE MEDALS. WHEN THE DEMOCRATS ON THE HILL HEARD THIS, THEY AUTHORIZED 15. SENATOR HOWARD BAKER WORKED OUT A COMPROMISE, MAKING IT FIVE, PROVIDING...
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SIDE. MY ROLE IS TO PROVE THAT EVEN THOSE OF US WHO WORK IN THE PRESS, ROOTING OUT EVIL, DEFENDING THE TROOPS. AND UNEARTHING SCANDAL WHERE EVER...
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BALLET. HE TALKED ALL THROUGH SWAN LAKE. UNTIL THE MANAGER INSISTED WE CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION IN THE KENNEDY CENTER GARAGE. I ALSO WILL NEVER...
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A TIME FOR -- WE IN THE ARTS ARE PROUD TO SAY WE'VE DONE OUR SHARE TO MAKE YOUR ECONOMIC PROGRAM WORK. WE HAVE TAKEN PAVE RATTY OFF
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FOOD STAMPS. >> WE HAVE ASKED TO PLAY ONLY UNFINISHED SYMPHONY. AND THIS YEAR'S WILL BE SUNG BY THE TEAM 0 BARBER SHOM QUARTET. THROUGH A GRANT
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OF THE MOBIL OIL COMPANY. WE'VE CUT OUT ALL THE WAIST IN THE KENNEDY CENTER, MR. PRESIDENT, AND ALL WE ASK IN RETURN IS THAT YOU DON'T PERMIT YOUR...
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DATED MARCH 11th, 2006 TO -- AND IT READ AS FOLLOWS, MY DEAR COMRADES IN ARMS. YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE PUBLISHER'S CLEARING HOUSE TO BE ONE OF...
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MATTIC MOMENT OF THE EVENING, ETHEL WILL REMEMBER, A CURTAIN WAS DRAWN TO REVEAL APRIL'S FRIENDS FROM WORLD WAR II, WINSTON CHURCHILL, JOSEPH STALIN,...
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TURNED DOWN. SO TODAY WE REMEMBER ARTY, WHO IN SAD TIMES AND IN GLAD TIMES WAS ITSELF VERY BEST FRIEND. HE BRIGHTENED OUR LIVES AND EASED OUR BURDENS....
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FATHER'S LIFE. THIS IS JUST WONDERFUL. IF WERE IN A GRAVE, WE BE ROLLING IN HIS GRAVE. I WANT TO THANK GEORGE ALSO FOR ORCHESTRATING EVERYTHING. I WOULD
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LIKE TO QUICKLY ACKNOWLEDGE A FEW PEOPLE. DAD'S SISTERS, AUNT EDITH AND HER FAMILY, DORIS AND HER FAMILY, ELLIS AND HER FAMILY, AS WELL AS MY SISTER...
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WATCHED MOVIES ON CABLE. THIS PAST WINTER HIS KIDNEYS CAUGHT UP WITH HIM AGAIN. HIS FINALS DAYS WERE AT HOME WITH HIS FAMILY. HE NEVER LOST HIS HUMOR....
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JOEL. WHEN HE MIFFED IN, WE ARE NOT MARRIED AND I THOUGHT WOW, A PAPACKAGE THIS IS. AS IT TURNED OUT I FOUND AN ALLY IN HIM AS I HOPE HE DID IN ME....
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PACK. FIRST THE THREE OF US THEN THE BIRTH OF OUR CHILDREN. HE ALWAYS REFERRED TO CORBIN AND TATE AS QUOTE OUR KIDS, UNQUOTE. FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER WE...
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ONE ALIVE. I MET HIM IN THE 1980s. I WOULD NEVER PRESUME TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ART. TO MY AMAZEMENT, HE TOOK THE TIME TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME. HE WROTE...
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HE CALLED. WE TALKED ABOUT COLUMN WRITING AND I REMEMBER THINKING HERE MIA ROOKIE COLUMN INTGETTING ADVICE FROM ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREATS. IF ONLY...
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JOEL, AND LATELY FROM JENNY, ABOUT THIS LETTER TO ARTIE, WHO JUST HAPPENS TO BE LISTENING AT
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THIS MOMENT. ARTIE, MY LONG-TIME FELLOW, PLEASE LET ME ASK AQUESTION, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE UP THERE LISTENING. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT I, AND I ASKED...
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MUST HAVE BEEN MONUMENTAL, ART. THEN, OF COURSE, WHEN YOU MISSED CALLING ME FOR EVEN ONE NIGHT, I FIGURED, WELL, YOU DIDN'T REALLY CARE ENOUGH. THEN...
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THE TALES YOU HAD TOLD HIM ABOUT YOUR OWNED A VENTURES WHEN WERE YOU A MANIC DEPRESSANT. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. IT WAS REALLY OF YOU, MY FRIEND, I...
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MOST BELIEVED IT WAS A ONE-WAY TICKET. MAGICALLY HE GOT A ROUND TRIP TICKET WITH EXTRA FREQUENT FLIER MILES. NO ONE KNEW EXACTLY HOW MANY HE WOULD GET....
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SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. AND ALSO THE LAUNCH OF A BOOK, ART BUCHWALD NEVER EXPECTED TO WRITE, TOO SOON TO SAY GOODBYE. >> I SUPPOSE I'M DEAD BEFORE IT FINISHED....
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IT WOULD BE TOO PAIN. >> HIHAD 12 SESSIONS, AND I HATED THEM. I SAID THIS IS
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NOT THE WAY TO LIVE. I SAYS I'M GOING GO. >> HE WASN'T KIDDING. BUCHWALD DECIDED TO
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COME HERE TO THE COMMUNITY HOSPICE OF WASHINGTON TO SPEND HIS FINAL DAYS. HE WAS
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TOLD HE HAD JUST A FEW WEEKS, AND WORD QUICKLY
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SPREAD. >> IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU'VE GOT TO SEE ARTIE. SO PRETTY SOON, PEOPLE UNTIL TELEVISION
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AND IN RADIO AND IN THE -- THEY ALL SAID HEY BUCHWALD IS DYING IN A HOSPICE IT GO OVER THERE, IT COULD BE A GOOD STORY. >> INDEED, THE STORY THAT BUCHWALD...
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HOLDING COURT ON HIS DEATH BED MADE BIG NEWS. CLOSE FRIENDS, FORMER HEAD OF THE MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION, DROPPED BY FREQUENTLY. >> HOW MANY YEARS...
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SAY 1964. >> YEAH. >> THAT WOULD BE 42 YEARS. >> THERE WERE OFFICIAL VISITORS TOO. >> VINO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING HERE, BUT I'M HERE. >> INCLUDING BRASS...
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WHICH BUCHWALD SERVED. >> I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT IF
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HIMY
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DIALYSIS, NO ONE WOULD
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KNOW THAT I'M SICK,
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HIKIDNEY PROBLEMS AND NO ONE WOULD COME
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VISIT ME. SINCE I DIDN'T TAKE DIALYSIS, EVERYBODY WANTED TO COME
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SEE ME. >> I'M MOVED AND DELIGHTED TO BE
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HERE TODAY TO HONOR ART BUCHWALD. >> THE DAY THAT BUCHWALD'S FRIENDS CAME TO SEE THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR MAKE BUCHWALD A COMMANDER IN FRANCE'S ORDER OF...
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BUCHWALD'S CAREER REALLY STARTED IN PARIS. WHEN HE TALKED HIMSELF INTO A JOB AT WHAT
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WOULD BECOME THE INTERNATIONAL HAROLD TRIBUNE. >> HOW DID YOU GET THE JOB? >> I TOLD THEM I WAS A FOOD TASTER FOR THE MARINE CORPS., AND THEY HIRED...
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YEAH, I TOOK HIM OUT. AND THE
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FUNNY THING IS, EVERYONE I'VE EVER SAID THAT TO SAYS YOU TOOK OUT ELVIS PRESLEY. >> BUT IN
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1962, WITH CAMLOT IN FULL SWING, HE PACKED UP HIS WIFE AND THREE KIDS AND SET UP
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SHOP IN WASHINGTON. HE BEGAN A SYNDICATED COLUMN FEATURED IN THE WASH "WASHINGTON POST," AND TOOK UP THE LIKES OF TED, ETHEL AND BOBBY KENNEDY WHILE...
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A CRACK AT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ALIKE IN 9 DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS. NOT TO MENTION, SECURING CONGRESS TOO. >> THEY'RE ALWAYS GOOD FOR COPY....
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FANS SAW HIM GIVE UP HIS COLUMN AND GO INTO THE HOSPICE. THE IDEA OF HIS PASSING BEST EXPRESSED IN A SONG WRITTEN FOR HIM BY HIS
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FRIEND, CARLY SIMON. (music) TOO SOON TO SAY GOODBYE MY DEAR. (music) TOO SOON TO REST MY CASE. >> YOU REALLY MADE UP THE MIND TO DIE. >> YEAH. >> YOU...
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NOBODY KNOWS. TO THIS DAY,
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NOBODY KNOWS. >> WHEN
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BUCHWALD REALIZED
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HE WASN'T GOING
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TO DIE, HE RESUMED HIS COLUMN, WROTE HIS NEW BOOK AND ONCE AGAIN STARTED SEEING THE HUMOR IN ALMOST EVERYTHING. >> NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TO SAY TO SOMEONE...
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IS DYING. HERE'S SOME OF THE REMARKS I HEARD. YOU
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LOOK GREAT. YOU LOOK GREAT. >> AND AT A FUNDRAISER FOR THE HOSPICE. >> I BECAME A SYMBOL FOR DEATH. >> HE EVEN HAD A LITTLE FUN TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAD
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HAPPENED TO HIM. >> TO BE OR NOT TO BE. THAT'S GOOD QUESTION. [APPLAUSE] >> AND ART BUCHWALD SAYS THAT THE PROFOUND EXPERIENCE OF FACING DEATH
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ACTUALLY MADE HIM THINK ABOUT THE AMAZINGED A
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VENTURESTURES
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HE'D HAD, THE FASCINATING PEOPLE HE'D MET. THE FRIENDS HE'D GROWN
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TO LOVE. IT ALL MADE HIM REALIZE HOW LUCKY HE WAS. >> EVERYBODY SAYS THE SAME THING, YOU'VE HAD
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A GOOD LIFE. >> AND YOU AGREE WITH THEM? >> YES, IT TURNED OUT TO BE A WONDERFUL LIFE. IF I GO TOMORROW, I STILL WILL FEEL HIA GOOD LIFE. (music) TOO...
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TOO
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SOON. >> DOC WAS ART'S SURROGATE FATHER. A FEW YEARS LATER, AT ABLE 54, ART MAN BECAME PATIENTS. WE BECAME PATIENTS, FRIENDS AND EXTENDED FAMILY FOR...
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RESEMBELLED MY FATHER WAS A SURROGATE FATHER TO ME. AS A PATIENT, ART WAS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. HE WAS PLEASED TO BE A POSTER BOY FOR DEPRESSION WITH...
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ART AGREED, BUT PLANNED TO SPEND THE SUMMER ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD WITH FRIENDS WHO REALLY WERE HIS EXTENDED FAMILY. MEDICALLY HE ALWAYS DID BETTER ON...
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LIFE. ASTOUNDED AND IT DIVIDED US ALL. AS MUCH AS HE WANTED TO SHOW OFF THE SQUARE OF, STILL HE LOVED THAT HE BEAT IT. DECADES EARLIER, THIS LOVABLE...
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YOU? ARE YOU GETTING PAID FOR THIS ONE? [LAUGHTER] SELMAN OF THESE UHL OCCURRENT CONTRIBUTES REMINDED OF ME THAT I SHARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD...
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RECORDER -- TAPE RECORDER WHICH WAS DISGUISED AS A WATCH. HE SPENT THE ENTIRE PRESS CONFERENCE SORT OF WAVING HIS HAND LIKE THIS AS EVERYBODY ASKED...
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HERE
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.