Pot-smoking Dylan 'not worthy' of French honour...

Bob Dylan’s pot-smoking, peacenik antics during the 1960s and 70s may have put him out of the running to be given France’s highest award, the Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour), according to claims in the French media on Tuesday.

According to a report in the French newspaper Le Canard Enchainé, the man whose job it is to decide who is granted the Légion d’honneur accolade, believes American folk music legend Bob Dylan is not worthy of being granted the title.

Jean-Louis Georgelin, a French army general and Great Chancellor of the Légion d’honneur, has rejected the nomination of Dylan, whose real name is Robert Zimmerman, claims the newspaper, which is renowned for having reliable sources among the higher echelons of French society.

 The reason for the rejection? Dylan's weed smoking and opposition to the Vietnam war, the newspaper claims. Full story...

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