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National Endowment for the Arts Statement on National Medal of Arts Recipient Stephen Sondheim
November 30, 2021
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The National Endowment for the Arts issued the following agency statement:

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It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the death of Stephen Sondheim, recipient of a 1996 National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the president of the United States.

The composer and lyricist of more than a dozen Broadway shows, Sondheim received eight Tony Awards, more than a . . .

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