Media reports indicate that Bob Dylan's pot-smoking and protesting past will not prevent him from receiving France's highest honor. The US veteran folk singer has been nominated by Aurelie Filippetti, the culture minister and an avowed Dylan fan, to be awarded the Legion d'Honneur. The move was thrown into doubt last month when Jean-Louis Georgelin, the Grand Chancellor of the Legion, blocked the nomination, reportedly because of reservations about Dylan's ...Thursday, 6 June 2013
Bob Dylan to be Awarded France's Highest Honor
Media reports indicate that Bob Dylan's pot-smoking and protesting past will not prevent him from receiving France's highest honor. The US veteran folk singer has been nominated by Aurelie Filippetti, the culture minister and an avowed Dylan fan, to be awarded the Legion d'Honneur. The move was thrown into doubt last month when Jean-Louis Georgelin, the Grand Chancellor of the Legion, blocked the nomination, reportedly because of reservations about Dylan's ...
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