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  "path": "/2026/legit/awards/john-lithgow-oldest-male-acting-tony-winner-giant-1236768997/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T02:04:16.000Z",
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  "textContent": "John Lithgow is only getting better with age. With his latest Tony Awards win for actor in a play for “Giant,” Lithgow, 80, became the oldest man ever to win a competitive acting Tony. The benchmark he surpassed belonged to two men, one of whom was nominated on Sunday night — Dick Latessa, who won […]",
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