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At 80, John Lithgow Makes Tony History as Oldest Male Acting Winner and Sets a 53-Year Record
John Lithgow is only getting better with age. With his latest Tony Awards win for actor in a play for “Giant,” Lithgow, 80, became the oldest man ever to win a competitive acting Tony. The benchmark he surpassed previously belonged to two…
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