Date 13/09/2016 - News People
Comedian Bill Murray is getting the nation's top prize for humor. The Kennedy Center announced its lineup of performers for next month's 'Kennedy Center Honors' celebration. Murray will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The prize is awarded annually to a humorist who influences society in the tradition of Mark Twain. David Letterman is slated to honor Murray, as is Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Aziz Ansari; Jimmy Kimmel; Bill Hader; musician Paul Shaffer; author and humorist Roy Blount, Jr.; and Murray's brother, Brian Doyle Murray.
