George Clinton is being considered for nomination to the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
The New Jersey Hall of Fame has announced its 2023 nominees, and is asking the public to vote on them. They include groundbreaking funk musician George Clinton, Joe Walsh (of the bands The Eagles and The James Gang as well as a successful solo artist), actor Paul Rudd, chef and travel writer Anthony Bourdain and singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow in the Performing Arts & Entertainment category; and actor George Segal and writers Amiri Baraka, John McPhee, Edmund Wilson and Janet Evanovich in the Arts & Letters category.
You can vote HERE until May 19.
Here are the candidates, with 10 in each category.
ARTS & LETTERS
Amiri Baraka
Janet Evanovich
Thomas Fleming
Susan Hendricks
John McPhee
George Segal
John Stevens
George A. Tice
George Theophilus Walker
Edmund Wilson
ENTERPRISE
Peter Cancro
George Cooney
Dennis Foy
Lillian Gilbreth
Janice Huff
Denise Morrison
Mario Perillo
Leon G. Smith
Finn Wentworth
Josh Weston
PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Anthony Bourdain
George Clinton
Brian De Palma
Celeste Holm
Marilyn McCoo
Tony Orlando
Paul Rudd
Eva Marie Saint
Phoebe Snow
Joe Walsh
PUBLIC SERVICE
Steve Adubato Sr.
Jill Biden
William Cahill
Michael Chertoff
Charles Edison
William Livingston
Peter W. Rodino
George Schultz
Richard Stockton
Christine Todd Whitman
SPORTS
Tiki Barber
Dick Button
Orel Hershiser
Lou Lamoriello
Jim Nantz
Sal Paolantonio
Drew Pearson
Kathy Schachel
Paul Tagliabue
Sue Wicks
For more on the Hall, visit njhalloffame.org.
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