Tom Brokaw at Old Sturbridge Village
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11/28/2012 6:50 PM
Over 350 guests attended a dinner at the Old Sturbridge Village honoring NBC newsman and author Tom Brokaw with the Ken Burns 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award. The event was sponsored by Fallon Community Health Plan. Walking into the dinner with Brokaw was Victoria Belisle and Ryan Beckman accompanied Ken Burns. (Globe photo by Bill Brett)
Veteran NBC newsman Tom Brokaw was at Old Sturbridge Village this week to receive the Ken Burns Lifetime Achievement Award, and the honor’s namesake, documentary filmmaker Burns, was there to present it. . . . Celtics coach Doc Rivers dined with Brooklyn Nets coach Avery Johnson at Strega Waterfront.
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