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In this Oct. 30, 1974 file photo, referee Zack Clayton, right, steps in after challenger Muhammad Ali looks on after knocking down defending heavyweight champion George Foreman in the eighth round of their championship bout in Kinshasa, Zaire. Ali regained the world heavyweight crown by knockout in the eighth round of the fight dubbed "Rumble in the Jungle." (AP Photo/File) **FILE**

LOVERRO: Ali’s mountaintop retreat prepared him for war, offered him peace

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

FILE - Ken Burns, director of the PBS documentary series &quot;Country Music,&quot; takes part in a panel discussion during the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour on July 29, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Speaking Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, to the Television Critics Association in a virtual Q&amp;A, PBS chief executive Paula Kerger rejected a filmmaker’s claim that public TV’s long relationship with Burns has come at the expense of diversity. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Paula Kerger, PBS CEO, denies Ken Burns’ films hurts diversity

By Lynn Elber - Associated Press

FILE - Ken Burns, director of the PBS documentary series &quot;Country Music,&quot; takes part in a panel discussion during the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour on July 29, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Speaking Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, to the Television Critics Association in a virtual Q&amp;A, PBS chief executive Paula Kerger rejected a filmmaker’s claim that public TV’s long relationship with Burns has come at the expense of diversity. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

PBS chief defends filmmaker Ken Burns, touts diversity

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

This July 29, 2019 file photo shows Ken Burns, director of the PBS documentary series &quot;Country Music,&quot; speaking in a panel discussion during the 2019 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Ken Burns, ‘The Civil War’ documentarian: ‘Confederate monuments have to go’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This July 29, 2019 file photo shows Ken Burns, director of the PBS documentary series &quot;Country Music,&quot; speaking in a panel discussion during the 2019 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Ken Burns is behind new grant for film on Flannery O’Connor

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Burns, Krasinski among 7 to be honored at Brown commencement

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Filmmaker Ken Burn poses in the Ryman Auditorium Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. The Ryman was home to the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974. Burns hit the road this month on a bus trip to preach the gospel of &quot;Country Music,&quot; his new PBS film airing in September. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Ken Burns hits the road to promote new ‘Country Music’ doc

By KRISTIN M. HALL - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 30, 2017 file photo, Ken Burns participates in the &quot;The Vietnam War&quot; panel during the PBS portion of the 2017 Summer TCA's in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Library of Congress will begin presenting an award named for Burns, who elevated the craft of historical documentaries. Officials announced on Tuesday, March5, 2019, the creation of the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. The annual award will recognize a filmmaker whose documentary uses original research and compelling narrative to tell stories about American history. The winner will receive a $200,000 grant to help with the final production of the film. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Ken Burns Prize for Film to honor documentaries

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Tennessee plans $1M for Ken Burns country music documentary

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FILE - In this July 28, 2017, file photo, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns poses for a portrait during the 2017 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. Burns is being honored in Philadelphia with an award from the Museum of the American Revolution.The museum announced Thursday that Burns will receive the Gerry Lenfest Spirit of the American Revolution Award on April 11. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

American Revolution museum honors filmmaker Ken Burns

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FILE - In this July 28, 2017, file photo, Ken Burns poses for a portrait during the 2017 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. After spearheading an 18-hour documentary on the Vietnam War, Burns has turned to a more personal subject, one that knows him very intimately, too. Burns tackles the famed Mayo Clinic in his next film, exploring the history of the innovative Minnesota-based hospital. It’s not just cold history — he’s also a patient. “The Mayo Clinic: Faith, Hope, Science” starts with the hospital’s birth in 1883 and ends with its modern-day state-of-the-art facilities over several campuses. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Ken Burns turns his attention to the Mayo Clinic

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

This Sept. 25, 2017 image released by Comedy Central shows comedian Jordan Klepper hosting the premiere of &quot;The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper&quot; in New York. Adapting to the current media ethos with its ever harsher, ever more absurdist pitch, Klepper hosts a supercharged version of &quot;The Colbert Report,&quot; whose time slot he inherited in September when he unveiled his fake rantcast. (Brad Barket/Comedy Central via AP)

Correction: YE-Top 10 TV story

By FRAZIER MOORE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 28, 2017 file photo, Ken Burns poses for a portrait during the 2017 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. From the time it aired nearly 30 years ago, Ken Burns' Civil War documentary has been a popular sensation and subject of debate. Millions have watched the 11-hour film, which has shaped how many Americans view the war. But controversy remains over the film’s legacy, one revived last after White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said the war could have been avoided had there been more compromise. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Debate over Ken Burns Civil War doc continues over decades

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Illustration on Richard Nixon's role in the Vietnam War by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Ken Burns ‘Vietnam War’ got some facts wrong

By Oliver North

Roughly 13 million watched opening of Burns’ Vietnam War doc

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Kennedy's Unopened Door Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Vietnam War documentary left out some key facts

By Phillip McMath

Filmmaker Ken Burns said he hopes his 10-part documentary about the War, which begins Sunday on PBS, could serve as sort of a vaccine against some problems that took root during the conflict, such as a lack of civil discourse in America. (Associated Press/File)

Ken Burns: Vietnam War documentary tells story from all sides

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

Montana prairie reserve awards Ken Burns prize to historian

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Ken Burns, from left, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Lynn Novick speak at PBS' "The Vietnam War" panel at the 2017 Television Critics Association press tour on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Vietnam doc makes Ken Burns, Trent Reznor partners

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

Documentarian Ken Burns working on film about Mayo Clinic

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