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Scottsdale resident Rita Moreno honored

Mayor David Ortega named March 16 Rita Moreno Day. The Scottsdale resident is an artist, actress singer and dancer who has won an Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy. She also appeared in a Super Bowl commercial.

Moreno was awarded a Peabody Career Achievement Award, named a Kennedy Center lifetime honoree, bestowed the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and awarded the National Medal of Arts.

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Scottsdale resident Rita Moreno honored

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Mayor David Ortega named March 16 Rita Moreno Day. The Scottsdale resident is an artist, actress singer and dancer who has won an Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy. She also appeared in a Super Bowl commercial.

Moreno was awarded a Peabody Career Achievement Award, named a Kennedy Center lifetime honoree, bestowed the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and awarded the National Medal of Arts.

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