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Sean Astin, chair of SAG-AFTRA, praised Harrison Ford after the union announced he will receive the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award; the union announced the honor this week and Ford will be presented the award at a ceremony on March 1 next year that will stream live on Netflix.The 83-year-old said he was "deeply honored," recalled working as a carpenter before his breakthrough in American Graffiti and is the 61st recipient of the prize, following honorees such as Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand and Robert De Niro.
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