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Streisand to receive Kennedy honour

US singer Barbra Streisand will be honoured later for her contributions to American culture and the arts.

Streisand will join actor Morgan Freeman, country music singer George Jones and British rockers Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who as the recipients of the Kennedy Centre honours.

The recipients will take part in a gala on December 7 at the John F Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts in Washington. President George Bush and first lady Laura will also be in attendance.

The event - in its 31st year - has become a highlight in Washington’s cultural calendar.

Streisand, 66, has enjoyed a career spanning four decades in music, theatre, film and television. She won her first Oscar in the 1968 musical Funny Girl.

She will also perform for US democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama at a Hollywood fundraiser next week.

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