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===Legacy in 1980s and 1990s=== In 1988, on what would have been Joplin's 45th birthday, the Janis Joplin Memorial, with an original gold, multi-image sculpture of Joplin by [[Douglas Clark (sculptor)|Douglas Clark]], was dedicated during a ceremony in Port Arthur, Texas.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/21/us/port-arthur-journal-town-forgives-the-past-and-honors-janis-joplin.html |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Peter |last=Applebome |author-link=Peter Applebome |title=Port Arthur Journal; Town Forgives the Past And Honors Janis Joplin |date=January 21, 1988 |access-date=February 9, 2017 |archive-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904071358/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/21/us/port-arthur-journal-town-forgives-the-past-and-honors-janis-joplin.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1992, the first major biography of Joplin in two decades, ''Love, Janis'', authored by her younger sister Laura Joplin, was published. In an interview, Laura stated that Joplin enjoyed being on the ''[[Dick Cavett]] Show'', that Joplin had difficulties with some, but not all, people at Thomas Jefferson High School and that Joplin enthusiastically talked about Woodstock with her parents and siblings during a visit to their Texas home a few weeks after she had performed at the festival.<ref>{{cite web |last=James |first=Gary |title=Gary James' Interview With Janis Joplin's Sister Laura Joplin |url=http://www.classicbands.com/LauraJoplinInterview.html |year=1992 |work=ClassicBands |access-date=September 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225175921/http://www.classicbands.com/LauraJoplinInterview.html |archive-date=February 25, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1995, Joplin was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]. In 2005, she received a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]. In November 2009, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum honored her as part of its annual American Music Masters Series;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.clevescene.com/c-notes/archives/2009/08/11/rock-hall-honors-janis-joplin |title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Honors Janis Joplin |work=Cleveland Scene |date=August 11, 2009 |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-date=June 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617101901/http://www.clevescene.com/c-notes/archives/2009/08/11/rock-hall-honors-janis-joplin |url-status=live }}</ref> among the artifacts at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum exhibition are Joplin's scarf and necklaces, her psychedelically painted 1965 Porsche 356 Cabriolet and a sheet of [[lysergic acid diethylamide#Forms|LSD]] [[blotting paper]] designed by [[Robert Crumb]], designer of the ''Cheap Thrills'' cover.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockhall.com/exhibitfeatured/janis-joplin/ |access-date=May 12, 2008 |title=Janis Joplin |publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509054345/http://www.rockhall.com/exhibitfeatured/janis-joplin/ |archive-date=May 9, 2008}}</ref> Also in 2009, Joplin was the honoree at the Rock Hall's American Music Master concert and lecture series.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rock Hall to honor Janis Joplin in American Music Masters series |url=http://www.cleveland.com/music/index.ssf/2009/08/rock_hall_to_honor_janis_jopli.html |access-date=September 20, 2009 |work=The Plain Dealer |date=August 11, 2009 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607184644/http://www.cleveland.com/music/index.ssf/2009/08/rock_hall_to_honor_janis_jopli.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the late 1990s, the musical play ''[[Love, Janis (musical)|Love, Janis]]'' was created and directed by Randal Myler, with input from Janis' younger sister Laura and Big Brother guitarist Sam Andrew, with an aim to take it to [[Off Broadway|Off-Broadway]]. Opening in the summer of 2001 and scheduled for only a few weeks of performances, the show won acclaim, played to packed houses and was held over several times.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sommer |first=Elyse |date=2001-04-20 |title=A Curtain Up Review. 'Love, Janis' |url=http://www.curtainup.com/lovejanis.html |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=CurtainUp}}</ref><ref name="lortel">{{Cite web |title=Love, Janis |url=http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=107 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050330021000/http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=107 |archive-date=2005-03-30 |website=Lortel Archives}}</ref>
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