Patti Smith stands in for no-show Bob Dylan at Nobel ceremony
Amy La Porte
(CNN) Bob Dylan was notably absent Saturday to accept his Nobel Prize for literature, but his words and music still rang out with a passionate performance by Patti Smith in his stead.
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