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The Dallas Morning News Alan Peppard column: Carol Burnett is on for Legend event.(Column)

Article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) Article date: May 20, 2007

Byline: Alan Peppard

May 20--Television icon Carol Burnett has given the official tug of her ear and committed to headline the Sept. 27 Conversation With a Living Legend Luncheon in Dallas. The annual fundraiser for the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has attracted world leaders such as Margaret Thatcher, Colin Powell, George H.W. Bush and Henry Kissinger as well as world-class athletes including Arnold Palmer, Nolan Ryan and Lance Armstrong.

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