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    Dave Chappelle To Be Awarded Mark Twain Prize For American Humor

    The comic and actor, known for his boundary-pushing stand-up routines and his sketch-comedy TV series Chappelle's Show, will receive the award in a gala at the Kennedy Center.
    by Elizabeth Blair May 07, 2019 2 minutes
    In recent years, Dave Chappelle returned to stand-up comedy in force with a series of specials, released on Netflix. He will receive the Mark Twain Prize on Oct. 27, 2019.

    Comedian Dave Chappelle will be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor this year, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced.

    The stand-up comic, actor, producer and director joins a prestigious groups of comedians to receive the award. Among them are Carol Burnett, Whoopi Goldberg, Bob Newhart and Richard Pryor — who won the very first Twain Prize in 1998.

    "Dave is one of

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