‘Louie, Louie’ singer Yank Berry nominated for Nobel Peace Prize - Canberra

Wednesday, 4 November 2020

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Yank Barry was belting out “Louie, Louie” with iconic band The Kingsmen. Cut to 2013, and he’s a third-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee with very real prospects of joining the ranks of past winners including The Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa. “I was very surprised. It was gratifying,” Barry, 65, told FOX411’s Pop Tarts column of his nomination, which was presented to him by boxer and Filipino political figure, Manny Pacquiáo following his recent visit to the Philippines working with victims from a typhoon that hit the nation late last year and killed over one thousand people. “It is not often that I am left speechless, but this was one of them. It’s overwhelming to think about.” Read full article at httpswww.foxnews.com/entertainment/life-after-hollywood-louie-louie-singer-yank-berry-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize