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Tina Fey receives top honour

Washington - The woman known for her impression of Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live will win the nation's top humour prize from the Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts.

Tina Fey joins the ranks of Bill Cosby, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin and others who've won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humour. Fey will be the youngest honouree, having just turned 40.

In a statement Tuesday, Fey says she's thrilled but assumes Betty White must have been "disqualified for steroid use."

Fey got her start with Chicago's The Second City improv group and became the first woman to be head writer on "SNL."

She created NBC's comedy 30 Rock and has starred in hit movies. Her film Date Night, with Steve Carell, is playing in theatres.

The prize will be awarded in November.

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