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Bill Murray takes Ford Hall stage alongside award recipient and ‘SNL’ writer Jim Downey

    March 28, 2012

It may be a prestigious honor, but this year’s recipient of the Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award did not accept it with furrowed brow. Jim Downey has spent three decades mocking the serious stuff as a writer on ‘‘Saturday Night Live.’’ Appearing with his longtime friend, former ‘‘SNL’’ cast member Bill Murray, Downey told a packed house ...

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