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Year: 1992 (65th) Academy Awards
Category: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner: Audrey Hepburn (accepted by her son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer)
Presenter: Gregory Peck
Date & Venue: March 29, 1993; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
SEAN HEPBURN FERRER:
Thank you, Greg. On behalf of my mother, thank you, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, colleagues and friends, for such a beautiful honor. Thank you to all who wrote and thought of her during these difficult times. Thank you, Connie, Doris and Hubert, for being such good friends. Engracia*, Lucchita*, my wife Leila, and my brother Luca, for completing the circle of love. Thank you, UNICEF—to everyone, from those in the offices in Geneva and New York to the workers in the field, wherever you may be. And thank you, Robbie, for being at her side. She believed every child has the right to health, to hope, to tenderness and to life. On her behalf I dedicate this to the children of the world. Thank you.
[Ed. note: Miss Hepburn passed away on 1/20/1993.] [*Spelling not confirmed.]
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