DAYTON — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and John Legend were among 5 people inducted into the Dayton Area Walk of Fame Tuesday.
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Ronald Stephens, John Legends’ father, spoke with News Center 7 just before he accepted his sons induction award.
“It’s a wonderful feeling to have this opportunity, John has been very gracious in sharing his gift and talent,” Stephens said.
The awards, delayed a year because of COVID, were handed out Tuesday afternoon in a ceremony emceed by News Center 7 anchor James Brown.
Legend himself sent a video greeting to the audience, thanking his parents, extended family, school teachers and artistic directors.
The other inductees included:
- Hallie Quinn Brown, a civil right and wines frights leader in the late 1800s who taught at Wilberforce university.
- Willis Charch, a chemist at the DuPont company that invented cellophane wrap for safe food storage.
- William Pitsenbarger, a Vietnam war medic in the air force, who was Killed in action while weaving lives and awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
In a surprise moment today for News Center 7′s James Brown, he was honored for his decade of service to the Dayton Walk of Fame.
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