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Kennedy Center drops family that made Honors medallions for 47 years

Kennedy Center drops family that made Honors medallions for 47 years

For more than 47 years, a D.C.-area family has made the medals for the Kennedy Center Honors — gold-plated medallions outfitted with satin ribbons in rainbow colors and presented to luminaries including Al Pacino, Johnny Cash, Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Springsteen and the Grateful Dead. James Baturin, an 86-year-old retired marking device manufacturer, said he, his wife, Mila, and their two …

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