The five recipients of the 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors pose for a group photo following a dinner hosted by United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in their honor at the US Department of State in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, December 2, 2017.  From left to right back row: David M. Rubenstein, Chairman, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, LL Cool J, Lionel Richie, Glenn Weiss, and Ricky Kirshner, Executive Producers with White Cherry.  Front row, left to right: Carmen de Lavallade, Norman Lear, Gloria Estefan and Deborah F. Rutter, President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.  The 2017 honorees are: American dancer and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade; Cuban American singer-songwriter and actress Gloria Estefan; American hip hop artist and entertainment icon LL COOL J; American television writer and producer Norman Lear; and American musician and record producer Lionel Richie.  <br /> Credit: Ron Sachs / Pool via CNP
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