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==Tributes and legacy== [[File:AnthonyQuinnFootPrint.JPG|thumb|right|upright|Quinn's hand and footprints outside the [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]]]] On January 5, 1982, the [[County of Los Angeles Public Library|Belvedere County Public Library]] in East Los Angeles was renamed in honor of Anthony Quinn. The present library sits on the site of his family's former home.<ref>[http://www.colapublib.org/libs/quinn Los Angeles County Anthony Quinn Public Library], colapublib.org; accessed March 30, 2015.</ref> In 1984, artist Eloy Torrez produced a 70-foot-high (21 m) portrait mural of Quinn titled both ''Anthony Quinn'' and ''The Pope of Broadway'' in Los Angeles. It depicts Quinn in his famous ''Zorba the Greek'' role, and it remains one of the largest portrait murals in California.<ref name="LAC">{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Patricia |title=Restored mural 'Pope of Broadway' resurrected in DTLA |date=January 24, 2017 |url=https://la.curbed.com/2017/1/24/14377318/pope-of-broadway-anthony-quinn-mural-downtown-los-angeles |publisher=L.A. Curbed |access-date=November 1, 2020}}</ref> Both the portrait mural and Anthony Quinn himself are the subject of a 2018 Google Arts & Culture exhibit.<ref>{{Cite web|work=Google Arts & Culture|date=2018|title=Hispanic Heritage of Anthony Quinn as "The Pope of Broadway"|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/7AKS2xv9GGhSKQ|access-date=August 11, 2020}}</ref> His birthplace of Chihuahua, Mexico,<ref name=":1">{{cite web| title=Tips: Things to do in Chihuahua, Mexico| url=http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/3abaf2| publisher=Members.virtualtourist.com| access-date=January 7, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828143216/http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/3abaf2| archive-date=August 28, 2017| url-status=dead}}</ref> has a statue of Quinn doing his famous "Zorba the Greek" dance. An Anthony Quinn Bay and Beach is in [[Rhodes]], Greece, just {{convert|2.7|mi|km}} south of the village of [[Faliraki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldbeachlist.com/Explore/Greece/Dodecanese/Rhodes/Anthony-Quinn-Bay-Beach|title=Anthony Quinn Bay Beach|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref> Quinn bought the land during the filming of ''The Guns of Navarone'' in Rhodes, but it was reclaimed by the Greek government in 1984 due to a change in property law.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/quinns-widow-adopts-legal-battle_1025921| title=Quinn's widow adopts legal battle| journal=[[Contactmusic.com]]| date=March 23, 2007|access-date=July 24, 2020}}</ref> Since 2002,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Banderas-Gets-Anthony-Quinn-Award-7870522.php| title=Banderas Gets Anthony Quinn Award| agency=[[Associated Press]]| date=April 20, 2002| newspaper=[[Midland Reporter-Telegram]]| access-date=July 24, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720225928/https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Banderas-Gets-Anthony-Quinn-Award-7870522.php| archive-date=July 20, 2018| url-status=live| quote=Actor Antonio Banderas was on hand to accept the first Anthony Quinn Award for Excellence in Cinema and the Arts.}}</ref> the [[National Council of La Raza]] has given the ''Anthony Quinn Award for Excellence in Motion Pictures'' as an [[ALMA Award]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/07/AR2006050701065.html| title=Garcia, Anthony Honored at Alma Awards| agency=Associated Press| date=May 8, 2006| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]| access-date=July 20, 2018| language=en-US| issn=0190-8286| quote=Marc Anthony and Andy Garcia were honored with special tributes at Sunday's 2006 ALMA Awards, which celebrated achievements by Hispanic artists from the worlds of music, television and film. Anthony received the Celia Cruz Award for Excellence in Music while Garcia took home the Anthony Quinn Award for Excellence in Motion Pictures.}}</ref> His widow, Katherine Benvin Quinn, established the Anthony Quinn Foundation, which advocates the importance of arts in education.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://aqfoundation.org/| title=Anthony Quinn Foundation}}</ref>
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