The NAACP Image Award winners for Entertainer of the Year:
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1987 | Patti LaBelle |
| 1988 | Dionne Warwick |
| 1989 | Lionel Richie |
| 1990 | Eddie Murphy |
| 1991 | Oprah Winfrey |
| 1992 | Whoopi Goldberg |
| 1993 | Patti LaBelle |
| 1994 | Michael Jackson |
| 1995 | Whitney Houston |
| 1996 | Quincy Jones |
| 1997 | Denzel Washington |
| 1998 | Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds |
| 1999 | Will Smith |
| 2000 | Halle Berry |
| 2001 | Steve Harvey |
| 2004 | Beyoncé Knowles |
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“The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy torpor grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the exact instant when the “I,” under another form, continues the task of existence.”
—Gérard De Nerval (1808–1855)
“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)
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—Elvis Presley (1935–1977)
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