Articles on Awards Received
Over the years, Danny received many awards and honors. Rather than list them separately, here are the small articles mentioning various awards.

“Danny Kaye, ‘Novak’ Share Peabody Television Award”
The Evening Independent – Apr. 29, 1964

NEW YORK (AP) – The Columbia Broadcasting System’s “The Danny Kaye Show” and “Mr. Novak” of the National Broadcasting Co. today shared the 1963 George Foster Peabody Award for television entertainment.
Peabody award winners were announced for distinguished achievement in television and radio by Bennett Cerf, Peabody board chairman. The Peabody board and the University of Georgia’s School of Journalism administer the awards, which are now in their 24th year.

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“TV Awards to Danny Kaye”
The Age – May 27, 1964

NEW YORK, May 26—Rubber-faced comedian Danny Kaye last night won two television “Emmy” awards for his hour-long weekly variety programme, The Danny Kaye Show.
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences voted Kaye the year’s best musical variety star and named his series the best variety programme at its annual awards ceremony.

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“Humanitarian Award To Kaye”
Daytona Beach Morning Journal – Jul 5, 1974

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Comedian Danny Kaye received on Thursday the Humanitarian Award, the highest honor bestowed by the International Association of Lions Clubs. Kaye was honored during the Lions’ international convention here. Among past recipients of the award are Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine, and actor-comedian Bob Hope. The award cited Kaye’s “concern for the welfare of children” and his work as the United Nation’s Childrens Fund representative when that multinational organization won the Nobel Peace Prize.

“Danny Kaye Gets Award”
Ocala Star-Banner – Apr. 27, 1977

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) – The best way to put a child at ease, says entertainer Danny Kaye, “don’t do something—just stand there.”
Kaye has visited children around the world for 24 years as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Children’s Fund.
He made the remark to reporters Tuesday after U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim presented him with the UNICEF award for distinguished service. The award is a stylized metal statuette of a parent and child.

“Danny Kaye receives award”
The Tuscaloosa News – Mar 30, 1978

WASHINGTON (AP) – Entertainer Danny Kaye has won the AFL-CIO’s Philip Murray-William Green Humanitarian Award.
AFL-CIO President George Meany announced that Kaye was given the award because his “distinguished cultural and philanthropic endeavors have enriched the lives of his fellow man.” Vice President Walter Mondale received last year’s award.
Kaye is to receive his on May 18.

“Humanities award presented to Kaye”
The Phoenix – Sep. 22, 1979

TORONTO (CP) – Danny Kaye, the red-headed master of mimicry, was presented with the Science and Humanities Award on Thursday by the Weizmann Institute of Science, an Israeli research facility.
         But before Kaye delivered a few moments of humor and a solemn half-hour address, he was preceded by several speakers eager to try their hand at the comedian’s craft.
         Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter, resplendent in crimson robe and skullcap, told the predominately Jewish audience of 650 people, “I notice I am one of the few people wearing a yarmulke tonight.”
         Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey, now engaged in a clash with Mayor John Sewell, reflected longingly on the days when David Crombie, now federal health minister, was mayor. “You know, David, like anything else you’re not appreciated until you’re gone. We may have been on opposite sides of the fence, but, boy, do I appreciate you now.”
          But after Kaye hit the lectern, mugged for photographers and dashed off a scathing impersonation of Phil Givens, chairman of the Metro Police Commission, he switched from comedy to the other major interest in his life—the welfare of children around the world.
          Kaye’s award coincided with the announcement of the creation of the Paul V. Godfrey Foundation in Children’s Diseases at the Weizmann Institute. An institute spokesman said more than $500,000 has been raised for the foundation, which will open next year.
In an emotional speech, Kaye said: “As long as I have the energy, emotion and good health with which I have been blessed, the greatest contribution I can make is continually fostering the love between people.”
         He said that if “the hand of love and friendship is held outstretched, it will cross national borders, international borders, the world, the universe.”

“Danny Kaye Award Is Established”
Schenectady Gazette – Aug. 30, 1980

HOLLYWOOD (AP) – An award for outstanding comedy performer is being established in the name of Danny Kaye at the Deauville Festival of American Film in France.
Kaye will be a guest of honor at the sixth annual festival Sept. 6-11 and will receive a prototype of the statuette.
         Several of his films will be screened, and for the first time in the history of the festival children of Deauville and surrounding areas will be invited to see the films.

“People in the News”
The Pittsburgh Press – Mar. 20, 1981

The American College of Cardiology says entertainer Danny Kaye is all heart.
       The 11,000-member organization has given Kaye its Conviction Medal for his talents as comedian and musician and his devotion to children and long-standing interest in medicine. The award, inscribed “Danny Kaye, modern Renaissance man,” praises Kaye for his “humor and humanitarian activities.”
        Kaye marched into San Francisco’s Masonic Temple auditorium with 800 other new fellows and honorees and addressed the group on “Life, Love, Laughter and Your Heart.”

“Peabody Awards for Kaye, ABC News and ‘Hill Street’”
The Modesto Bee – Apr. 18, 1982

ATHENS, Ga. – NBC-TV’s “Hill Street Blues” and veteran entertainer Danny Kaye have captured George Foster Peabody Awards for distinguished programming in broadcasting.

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Kaye won his award for “his superb and stimulating entertainment efforts” in “An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic” and for “Skokie.” “An Evening” was produced by the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for PBS, and “Skokie” was produced by Titus Productions for CBS.
          The awards, begun in 1940, are named for industrialist and philanthropist George Foster Peabody, a friend and supporter of the University of Georgia.

“Actor Danny Kaye Gets Fellowship”
The Press-Courier – May 23, 1986

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Actor Danny Kaye, who has traveled the world for more than three decades on behalf of sick and needy children, has received a National Fellowship Award.
The award, presented Thursday, is given annually by the Philadelphia Fellowship Commission, which claims to be the oldest human rights agency in the nation.
         Previous recipients included the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt and Leonard Bernstein.
          Kaye is in his 33rd year as ambassador-at-large for UNICEF, the United Nations organization that helps children.

“Reagan awards freedom medal to Danny Kaye”
The Spokesman-Review – Apr. 22, 1987

President Reagan has chosen the late actor Danny Kaye and the late composer Meredith Willson, among others, as recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House announced Tuesday.

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The awards are the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Kaye was honored posthumously “for his contributions in the fields of arts and entertainment and other significant public endeavors,” the announcement said.

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