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Reba Mcentire: Academy Awards
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Reba McEntire is the host for one of country's biggest nights. The event will be aired on CBS. There will be plenty of big names performing in between awards presentations. Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson, Rodney Atkins, Little Big Town, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Sugarland, and Brooks & Dunn are among those scheduled to perform during the three-hour special.
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Reba does charitable work with The Salvation Army, Texoma Medical Center, Children's Medical Research, and Habitat for Humanity. The Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas is the home for The Reba McEntire Rehabilitation Center, Reba's Ranch House, and The TMC Reba Mobile Mammography Unit. In May of 1999, Reba was presented with the Salvation Army's award -- being one of five people they consider outstanding Americans. The celebration was due to her many contributions to the Salvation Army's humanitarian efforts. Reba was ... thanked that week for her efforts on behalf of the Oklahoma Children's Hospital with a $2 million research chair being named after her. Money for the chair was raised by the “Reba McEntire Pro Celebrity Rodeo: A Tribute to Ben Johnson.” This event, which included a silent auction and pro celebrity rodeo, raised a total of $630,000.
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Reba McEntire was riding at the top of success. Personally... her world would come crashing down in the spring of 1991. On March 16, a plane carrying seven of McEntire's band members and her road manager crashed, killing all on board. McEntire was devastated. There was a minor controversy over her decision to perform on the Academy Awards a week after the crash. But, she appeared on the show to dedicate the nominated song, "I'm Checking Out" from the film Postcards From the Edge, to her fallen band members.
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"Natalie Cole—who sang “Unforgettable” following her presentation of the Danny Kaye humanitarian award to friends Tamar and Bob Manoukian—as well as Reba McEntire and American Idol winner Ruben Studdard. (The reality series received the Champion for Children award for its "Idol Gives Back" programming, which helped raise funds for children’s charities, including Unicef.) "
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