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Dolly Parton performs onstage in a black, shiny outfit with red accents, playing guitar and singing into a microphone, with band members and stage lights behind her.

Ted Turner in a suit and tie sits in front of a blue backdrop reading The National Press Club during a speaking event.

King Harald V of Norway in a formal portrait, wearing a dark pinstripe suit, white shirt, and magenta tie against a plain gray background.

Catherine O'Hara smiles at the camera, wearing a black pinstripe blazer and black shirt, with shoulder-length blonde hair against a blue background.

Alan Greenspan receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom as President George W. Bush places the medal around his neck at the White House in 2005.

Sonny Rollins, wearing a bright red shirt, plays the saxophone on stage at the Barcelona International Jazz Festival in Spain.

Aviator Wally Funk stands in a flight suit holding a helmet beside a U.S. Air Force jet, smiling at the camera.

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Dolly Parton performs onstage in a black, shiny outfit with red accents, playing guitar and singing into a microphone, with band members and stage lights behind her.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer

Dolly Parton performing during the 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction...

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Ted Turner in a suit and tie sits in front of a blue backdrop reading The National Press Club during a speaking event.

Ted Turner

Ted Turner, 2011.

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Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

Jackson giving a speeching during his 1988 presidential campaign.

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Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem, 1978.

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Robert Mueller

Robert Mueller

Special counsel Robert Mueller testifying before the U.S. Congress, 2019.

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King Harald V of Norway in a formal portrait, wearing a dark pinstripe suit, white shirt, and magenta tie against a plain gray background.

Harald V, 2016

After the death of Olav V, Harald V became the king of Norway.

Jørgen Gomnæs, the Royal Court via Getty Images

Catherine O'Hara smiles at the camera, wearing a black pinstripe blazer and black shirt, with shoulder-length blonde hair against a blue background.

Catherine O'Hara

Canadian actress Catherine O'Hara, 2020.

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Alan Greenspan receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom as President George W. Bush places the medal around his neck at the White House in 2005.

Alan Greenspan

Alan Greenspan was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush in 2005.

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Sonny Rollins, wearing a bright red shirt, plays the saxophone on stage at the Barcelona International Jazz Festival in Spain.

Sonny Rollins in Barcelona

Shown performing at the Barcelona Jazz Festival in 2012, Sonny Rollins enjoyed a...

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Aviator Wally Funk stands in a flight suit holding a helmet beside a U.S. Air Force jet, smiling at the camera.

Aviation pioneer

Wally Funk trained military pilots, even though she was not allowed to become one...

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Ali Khamenei

Ali Khamenei

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Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham, 2010.

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Performance

Performance

Asha Bhosle performs at the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Awards in Mumbai on April...

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Aldrich Ames

Aldrich Ames

Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, Washington, D.C.

DJ Afrika Bambaataa wearing headphones and a black hoodie stands at a DJ mixer, performing at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

Afrika Bambaataa

Afrika Bambaataa performing at the Guggenheim Young Collectors party on March 19,...

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Neil Sedaka, smiling in a tuxedo, holds up his Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award while standing at a podium reading Songwriters at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards.

Neil Sedaka

Neil Sedaka with the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award at the 35th Annual Songwriters...

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Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama seated in front of her artwork, 2012.

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Robert Duvall as Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore stands with hands on hips among helmeted soldiers in military uniforms in a scene from Apocalypse Now (1979).

Apocalypse Now

Robert Duvall (center) in Apocalypse Now (1979).

© 1979 Omni Zoetrope; photograph from a private collection

Wendell Berry, wearing a tan suit and patterned tie, smiles while seated among other attendees at a conference, holding papers in his hand.

Wendell Berry

American poet, essayist, and novelist Wendell Berry smiling at the 2011 Washington...

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The one and only Dolly Parton

The one and only Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton exhibiting her trademark look of a towering blonde bouffant and glitzy...

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Valentino Garavani wearing a pinstripe suit, white shirt, and black tie, posing at the West Coast premiere of Valentino - The Last Emperor in Los Angeles.

Valentino

Italian designer Valentino attending the premiere of Valentino: The Last Emperor,...

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David Hockney stands in front of his long, colorful landscape painting A Year in Normandy at the Orangerie museum in Paris, wearing a plaid suit and flat cap.

David Hockney: A Year in Normandy

British painter David Hockney posing in front of A Year in Normandy, a 298.55-foot...

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Betye Saar in 2012, wearing a textured gray scarf and dark top, looking at the camera with a slight smile.

Betye Saar, 2012

American artist and educator Betye Saar, 2012.

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A liberal lion

A liberal lion

Barney Frank, who represented Massachusetts in the House of Representatives for more...

Office of U.S. Representative Barney Frank

Sheikh Khalifa ibn Hamad Al Thani

Sheikh Khalifa ibn Hamad Al Thani

Sheikh Khalifa ibn Hamad Al Thani, emir of Qatar (1995–2013), in front of the Bellevue...

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Clive Davis

Music industry titan Clive Davis, 2010.

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Cher and Bob Mackie

Cher and Bob Mackie

Cher and designer Bob Mackie attending a Diana Vreeland charity event in 1985. Cher...

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Margaret Hamilton

Margaret Hamilton

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Garfield (Garry Sobers) in action against England

Garfield (Garry Sobers) in action against England

Legendary West Indian cricketer Garfield Sobers playing a shot during a Test match...

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Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker

Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker

Televangelists Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker on the set of The PTL Club,...

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