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John Legend makes EGOT history

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Congratulations to John Legend, who achieved EGOT status after winning an Emmy at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards over the weekend. This refers to people who have won the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. The star won an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for his work as a producer on the NBC special Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. John made history with his win and is the first African-American male to reach this status.

He joins the likes of Whoopi Goldberg and Audrey Hepburn. He shared the exciting news on social media.

Congrats on the achievement!

 

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my incredible man. what a surreal life.

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EGOT GOATS

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And I say hey, what a wonderful kind of day

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