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Does Bob Dylan's heroin use and his vocal opposition to the Vietnam

War -which was a French war before the U.S. took over - disqualify

him from appointment to the French Legion of Honor?

"According to Le Canard Enchaîné, Great Chancellor of the National Order of the Legion of Honor Jean-Louis Georgelin has rejected Bob Dylan's candidacy on the grounds he is 'unworthy' of the Legion. Is it that the anti-establishment icon of Vietnam War protests and dissolute morals (he has long been addicted to heroin) displeases the chancellor?"

By Maxime Pargaud

Translated By Katarzyna

May 14, 2013

France - Le Figaro - Original Article (French)

Bob Dylan is awarded the Croix de Commandeur des Arts et Lettres (Arts and Literature Commander Cross) in Paris, in 1990. It now appears that due to his past, he may be denied an even higher honor -

BOD DYLAN IN FRANCE: Bob Dyln performs in Fréjus, France, 1984
Minister of Culture Aurélie Filippetti wishes to present the award to the genius of rock. But the Grand Chancellery is holding him back.

Too rebellious to be awarded the highest honor of the French Republic? According to Le Canard Enchaîné, Great Chancellor of the National Order of the Legion of Honor Jean-Louis Georgelin has rejected Bob Dylan's candidacy on the grounds he is “unworthy” of the Legion. Is it that the anti-establishment icon of Vietnam War protests and dissolute morals (he has long been addicted to heroin) displeases the chancellor?

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