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Post office named for Ava Gardner
President Bush signed legislation to name office for award-winning actress
 Albert Riethausen / AP Ava Gardner visits with patients at the U.S. Air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany on Dec. 25, 1954. The Smithfield, N.C., Post Office is now the Ava Gardner Post Office. |
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SMITHFIELD, N.C. - The Smithfield Post Office is now the Ava Gardner Post Office.
President Bush signed legislation Monday to rename the post office in honor of the Oscar-nominated actress, who grew up in Johnston County.
“Ava Gardner was a small-town girl who became a big-time celebrity,” said Rep. Bob Etheridge, D-N.C., who sponsored the bill to rename the post office.
“She represents the can-do attitude and patriotism of the people of Smithfield and Johnston County,” Etheridge said.
Gardner was nominated for a best-actress Oscar for 1953’s “Mogambo.” Her films also include “The Night of the Iguana” and “On the Beach.”
She had a series of high-profile marriages, to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra. The actress died in 1990, at age 67.
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