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Tennis great Billie Jean King is among 16 honorees who will receive the Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama on Aug. 12. Others include Sandra Day O’Connor, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu. “It’s another one I can’t believe,” King said. “Sandra Day O’Connor, hello. Tutu, Ted, I was overwhelmed when I heard it.” King is in Phoenix visiting her 87-year-old mother, Betty Jean Moffitt. “When I was 7, I said, ‘Mom, I know I’m going to do something great with my life,’ ” King said. “She said, ‘That’s all right, just get the dishes done.’ ” The Associated Press, Getty Images
