WASHINGTON — President Trump announced 5 recipients of the annual Kennedy Center Honors Wednesday — including actor Sylvester Stallone, the rock band Kiss and disco singer Gloria Gaynor.
British actor Michael Crawford, identified for his position in “The Phantom of the Opera,” and nation music star George Strait will also be honored at a ceremony later this yr.
President Trump announced the honorees, including George Strait, on Wednesday. AFP via Getty Images
Trump, 79, shared his personal fondness for each of the honorees, including raving about seeing Crawford on Broadway and marveling at Stallone’s look in the “Rambo” movie collection.
The president also called Gaynor’s 1978 disco hit “I Will Survive” “one of those few that get better every time.”
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