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Bob Dylan s native county will honor him with an entire year s worth of 80th birthday celebrations.
Born in Duluth and raised in Hibbing, Minn., the musician, writer and Nobel laureate hits the milestone birthday May 24, and St. Louis County is expected to proclaim that day until his next birthday The Year of Dylan.
A Dylan celebration needed to be big, said Zane Bail, a member of Duluth Dylan Fest, a grassroots fan group. Given the cultural icon he is in the U.S. and around the world, he deserved more than a day.
The proclamation, which organizers say will be read in front of his childhood homes in Duluth and Hibbing, lauds the cultural giant for his 60-year musical career and points to his many connections to northeastern Minnesota.