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HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE
Peter Paul & Mary Get
Woody Guthrie Award
HE legacy of folksinger Woody
Guthrie and his wife Marjorie was commemorated at the
Huntington’s Disease Society of America’s (HDSA) Eighth Annual
Guthrie Awards Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Nora Guthrie and her daughter Anna
presented the Woody Guthrie Award to Peter, Paul and Mary.
Marjorie founded HDSA after her husband Woody lost
his battle with Huntington’s disease in 1967.
Michael J. Fox presented an award to Jason
Ritter, co-star of TV’s Joan of Arcadia.
Also honored were Robert Pearson and
Novartis International AG, Christopher O’Brien, chief
medical officer at Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, and C. Mack
and JP Morgan Chase.
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