Saturday 16 August 2008

Fabian to be honored by Jimmy Stewart museum

INDIANA, Pa. �

Fabian Forte will be honored by the museum dedicated to thespian Jimmy Stewart.


The 65-year-old singer-actor will get the 2008 Harvey Award on Oct. 24 from the James M. Stewart Museum Foundation. The museum is in Stewart's hometown, Indiana, Pa., about 45 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.


Fabian was a teen idol in the late fifties and former '60s world Health Organization appeared in more than 30 films, including deuce with Stewart, "Dear Brigitte" (1965) and "Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation" (1962).


Past Harvey Award winners include June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Shirley Jones, Ernest Borgnine and impressionist Rich Little. The foundation's award is named for the 1950 film in which Stewart befriends an invisible rabbit.


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