“You gave me hope. You gave me a reason to fight, and to speak up. You gave me a voice, and how can I thank you?”

ICYMI, Rita Moreno is a living legend.

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She's one of only 12 performers throughout modern history to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, AND a Tony. And she was the first Latino person to do so, ever.

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So obviously the Kennedy Center Honors would see fit to shower her with praise at a ceremony that also honored George Lucas, Carole King, Seiji Ozawa, and Cicely Tyson.

That's some swag right there.

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They also brought in Gina Rodriguez — who plays Moreno's granddaughter on Jane the Virgin — to make us cry buckets of tears over Moreno's legacy.

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