Morgan Freeman Accomplishments

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After becoming concerned with the decline of honeybees, Freeman decided to turn his ranch into a sanctuary for them in July 2014, starting with 26 beehives to make sure they would stay safe and alive, being a hero to bees, and he is already a hero to people around the world. To get where his is today, Freeman has had to achieve many things, be brave, and he was very confident.

Morgan Freeman has many accomplishments from his earlier years. Morgan Freeman had gotten many accomplishments and Faced many challenges. For example, M. F. was in the US Air Force from1955-1959 (morgan). Since he was in the Air Force, he has faced many challenges. (morgan). A way that Morgan freeman has many accomplishments is, in 2012 he received the 69th Golden Globe award. 2012 - Receives the Cecil B. DeMille award for
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“While it may be a late-blooming success, it's nothing he's at all bitter about. "Success comes when it comes," he has said. "I had a career for 30 years; a 30-year career is not bad. I often think I'm probably lucky that I wasn't a wild success early on, coming up through the 1970s. I could have very easily burned out.” (Biography). Even though it took a long time for Morgan to make money doing stuff he loved, he couldn’t have wished for it to be any better. Another Reason he is confident was his life in 2007. He and his second wife, Myrna, split in 2007, and he was in a near-fatal car accident in Charleston, Mississippi the following year (Biography). His Wife and him split, and after that, he was in a car accident, but that didn’t stop him, so today he is still a great role model/hero for kids and young adults. Morgan freeman shows many characteristics of a hero. All in all, Morgan Freeman shows many traits of a hero, including many life accomplishments, be brave, and last but not least he was very confident in himself. Morgan Freeman is a hero and a great role model for adults and young

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