The two were honored with the Lifetime Achievement Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2003.

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Mr. Watson won seven Grammy awards, including one for lifetime achievement, and in 1997 he was given the National Medal of Arts.

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The news comes just weeks after Mr Campbell-Moore and his wife Ann Sholem, who founded the company with him, were presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Theatre Critic of Wales Awards for their contribution to the arts in Wales.

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