From a Washington Post story by Travis M. Andrews headlined “Billy Crystal, Dionne Warwick, Barry Gibb to be Kennedy Center Honorees”:
When Dionne Warwick told her sons that she had been selected as a Kennedy Center honoree, “not only were they very happy about it, my eldest said, ‘Well, Mom, it’s about time.’”
“Everything happens when it’s supposed to, that’s my attitude,” Warwick said. “So I’m thrilled that they finally got it right!”
Warwick, 82, was referring to the 45-year tradition honoring, as the Kennedy Center phrases it, artists who have had “an impact on the rich tapestry of American life and culture through the performing arts.”
