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| Young Artist Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award | |
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| Awarded for | Outstanding achievements of former child actors/singers in film, television and radio |
| Country | United States of America |
| Presented by | Young Artist Association |
| First awarded | 1979 |
| Website | YoungArtistAwards.org |
The Young Artist Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award is an honorary Young Artist Award bestowed by the Young Artist Association to recognize former child actors and/or child singers for lifetime achievement within the motion picture, television and radio industries.[1][2][3] In recent years, the award has also been known as the Mickey Rooney Award, in honor of former child star Mickey Rooney, however, the spirit of the award has remained essentially the same since its inception.[4]
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