As we left for Mombasa, the crowd unanimously agreed to name him 'Owen' in honor of the volunteer who tackled him to the ground.
He was a favorite of rappers to sample and working with him was a badge of honor in the industry.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner awarded him the Legion of Honor in 2008, on a visit to Poland marking the 65th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
He speaks often of his service in Vietnam, and we honor him for it.
Dozens have posted comments on a Facebook tribute page set up in Clark's honor, some of them from people who knew him and his family personally and others from strangers wishing to thank him for his service.
After his heroics in 2004, Gonzalez had the ultimate honor bestowed upon him prior to the start of the Beijing Games when he was asked to carry Chile's flag for the opening ceremony.
My favorite memory of him: the night I hosted a book party in his honor (his prolific output, all banged out on typewriter, made this a frequent occurrence), when he dragged in his co-author, Captain Lou Albano, and a passel of other pro wrestlers, for a night of rowdiness and grappling stories.
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This man's conduct that day gained him the Medal of Honor, one of 464 awarded for actions in World War II.
We don't know how his career is going to unfold but I can't image having many more rewarding moments in your life than having a group of more than 6, 000 people honor you and for him to be on the big league field.
And one of the greatest testaments to his life and his work, I think, was that so many of his colleagues, past and present, Republican and Democrats, came forward to honor him in similar terms.
In 2011, President Barack Obama bestowed upon him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
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