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Created: May 24, 2021 10:00 PM From the streets of Duluth and Hibbing to music and culture around the world, Bob Dylan's influence is palpable everywhere. And he's a son of the North Country.  Dylan was born at St. Mary's hospital in Duluth on May 24, 1941. He lived in a duplex in the Duluth Hillside until he was 6 years old, when his family moved to Hibbing.  "I don't believe he would have been who he is had he come from somewhere else," blogger and Duluth Dylan Fest volunteer Ed Newman said.  Bob Dylan "If he grew up in a different time and a different place, I think his story ...

Numerous events around the world are being held by loyal fans in order to pay homage to the 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door' hitmaker and celebrate his 80th birthday.

Fans around the world mark Bob Dylan's 80th birthday BANG Showbiz 2 hrs ago Bang Showbiz Fans around the world are honoring Bob Dylan on his 80th birthday (05.24.21). The music legend's home city of Duluth, Minnesota, is holding the 11th annual Duluth Dylan Fest, with fans invited to join the celebration of his life and six-decade spanning career from home and at the festival. His loyal followers are being invited to join a party outside the 'Lay Lay Lay' hitmaker's childhood home in Duluth, where he lived until he was six, to mark the milestone. The largely-virtual event...

Fargo, ND, USA / 740 The FAN May 24, 2021 | 8:47 AM DULUTH, MINN. (KFGO) – It’s Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday. The musical icon, born in Duluth and raised in Hibbing, is now honored around the world after more than 60 years as a pioneer of music. Fans are commemorating the milestone with music and poetry events across the country. The center of the festivities is in Duluth. Monday is the third day of the 11th annual Duluth Dylan Fest, which features performances by local artists and tribute bands. The virtual and in-person festival includes a free birthday party at Dylan’s childhood home ...

Former President Barack Obama gave Dylan the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. "There is not a bigger giant in the history of American music," Obama said during the ceremony. "All these years later, he’s still chasing that sound and still searching for a little bit of truth, and I have to say I am a really big fan." The first songwriter to receive such a distinction, Dylan was named the winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," according to the Swedish Academy. Dylan has performed regularly even a...