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NJ Hall of Fame to Induct Makeup Tycoon Bobbi Brown
Brown will join fellow Montclair resident Yogi Berra and former resident Buzz Aldrin in the Hall of Fame.
Montclair’s make-up mogul is now a hall of famer.
Cosmetics tycoon Bobbi Brown was named a member of the 2013 New Jersey Hall of Fame Monday at Liberty State Park in New Jersey. Brown joins the likes of Montclair residents past and present, respectively, hometown hero Buzz Aldrin and New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra.
Other inductees with Essex County ties include perennial nominee U.S. President Grover Cleveland, who was born in Caldwell and is the only president to be born in the state, comedian Joe Piscopo who was raised in North Caldwell and the late Whitney Houston, who started out singing in her church choir in Newark.
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The inductees were announced by Aldrin who was part of the inaugural 2008 class.
The full list of New Jerseyans who will be inducted at a ceremony at the Izod Center planned for Oct. 21 are:
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- U.S. President Grover Cleveland
- American revolution activist Thomas Paine
- Filmmaking pioneer Alice Guy Blache
- Sculptor J. Seward Johnson, Jr.
- New Jersey Governor Tom Kean
- Make-up tycoon Bobbi Brown
- Inventor and radio & TV pioneer David Sarnoff
- Philanthropist Ray Chambers
- Vocalists & entertainers Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, and Celia Cruz
- TV (M*A*S*H*) & film star Alan Alda
- Comedian & film star Joe Piscopo
- Track Olympian Joetta Clark Diggs
- World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jersey Joe Walcott
- Multi-Super Bowl winning football coach Bill Parcells.
Aldrin also announced the recipient of the prestigious Unsung Hero Award for 2013: Kathleen DiChiara, founder and CEO of Community FoodBank of New Jersey in Hillside.
Monday’s announcement coincided with the launch of the New Jersey Hall of Fame Mobile Museum, the first mobile hall of fame museum in the nation.
Some 70 notable people from various walks of life have been inducted since 2008, including Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Toni Morrison, Frankie Valli, General Norman Schwarzkopf, Tony Bennett, Queen Latifah, Carl Lewis and Yogi Berra.
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