Recipients
There have been 178 recipients to date of the Kennedy Center Honors Awards during the Honor's 34 years. The vast majority have been bestowed on individuals. On nine occasions since 1985, awards have been presented to duos or trios, including three married couples: lyricist Alan Jay Lerner & composer Frederick Loewe, actors Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy, musical-comedy duo Betty Comden & Adolph Green, the Nicholas Brothers (Fayard & Harold), actors Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward, Kander and Ebb (John Kander & Fred Ebb), actors Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee, musicians Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey of The Who and the members of Led Zeppelin.
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