Editing Jamie Farr (section)

==Legacy and honors==
Farr has remained deeply loyal to his hometown of Toledo, Ohio, and the city has returned the sentiment. In 1977, he was awarded Toledo's version of the [[Freedom of the City|Keys to the City]], a ceremonial glass. [[Scott High School (Ohio)|Scott High School]] named their new performing arts wing after him the same year.<ref name=piqua>{{cite news|title=Klinger comes "home"|newspaper=The Piqua Daily Call|location=Piqua, Ohio, USA|date=1977-06-30|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-piqua-daily-call/133734742/|via=newspapers.com|access-date=2023-10-19|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-piqua-daily-call/133734742/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[University of Toledo]] awarded him an [[honorary doctorate]] in 1983<ref name=utoledo>{{cite web|url=https://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/HTML_findingaids/MSS-024.htm|date=2022-06-27|title=Jamie Farr Scripts, 1954-1984|publisher=University of Toledo|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/HTML_findingaids/MSS-024.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and, in 1998, a park where Farr spent a lot of his childhood was renamed the Jamie Farr Park, something he has referred to as "a highlight of my life and career."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.apnews.com/e96364ff17d4f9dee5117bf77fa376e7| title=Toledo Honors Jamie Farr| publisher=[[Associated Press]]| date=July 6, 1998| access-date=2018-09-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001070239/https://www.apnews.com/e96364ff17d4f9dee5117bf77fa376e7|archive-date=2018-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.13abc.com/content/news/Jamie-Farr-honored-with-plaque-in-Jamie-Farr-Park--441822603.html|title=Jamie Farr honored with plaque in Jamie Farr Park|last=Hormann|first=Bill|date=2017-08-26|publisher=WTVG|location=Toledo, Ohio, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.13abc.com/content/news/Jamie-Farr-honored-with-plaque-in-Jamie-Farr-Park--441822603.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tony Packo's Cafe]], a restaurant referenced several times by Klinger on ''M*A*S*H'', displays a [[hot dog bun]] signed by Farr at their establishment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thetakeout.com/tony-packos-toledo-ohio-celebrity-hot-dog-buns-1835998781|title=Tony Packo's is the world capital of autographed hot dog buns|last=Brooke|first=Zach|date=2019-07-09|publisher=[[G/O Media|The Takeout]]|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://thetakeout.com/tony-packos-toledo-ohio-celebrity-hot-dog-buns-1835998781|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Farr and Klinger were the first two inductees to the [[Toledo Mud Hens]]' Celebrity Hall of Fame.<ref name=trauring/><ref name=brickey/> In 2023, an artist erected Jumpin' Jamie, a fiberglass frog statue part of a larger public art piece. The frog is named after Farr and is dressed in a [[Headscarf#Babushka|babushka]] and red lipstick in homage to Klinger. Originally at the Highland Meadows Golf Club, where the [[Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic|Jamie Farr Toledo Classic]] was held, it is now kept at Bittersweet Farms.<ref name=king>{{cite news|url=https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/art/2023/09/06/frog-around-town-jumpin-jamie-farr-frog-bats-eyes-at-bittersweet-farms/stories/20230906011|title=Frog Around Town: Jumpin' Jamie Farr frog bats eyes at Bittersweet Farms|last=King|first=Lillian|date=2023-09-06|newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]]|location=Toledo, Ohio, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=September 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927072806/https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/art/2023/09/06/frog-around-town-jumpin-jamie-farr-frog-bats-eyes-at-bittersweet-farms/stories/20230906011|url-status=live}}</ref> There is also an academic scholarship bearing his name through the Greater Toledo Community Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.toledocf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Program-Information-Jamie-Farr-Scholarship.pdf|title=Jamie Farr Scholarship Program Information|publisher=Greater Toledo Community Foundation|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=October 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020073916/https://www.toledocf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Program-Information-Jamie-Farr-Scholarship.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=hiel/>

In 1983, [[Dana Open#History|Judd Silverman]] approached Farr about "lending his name" to a golf tournament. The following year, the [[Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic|Jamie Farr Toledo Classic]], an annual [[LPGA]] tour stop, held its inaugural event in [[Sylvania, Ohio]]. Sponsored by [[Kroger]], [[Owens Corning]], and [[O-I Glass]],<ref name=trauring/><ref name=hiel/><ref name=king/><ref name=dimeglio/><ref name=tcmbio/> the tournament raises money for children's charities, including the [[Boys and Girls Clubs of America]].<ref name=bgca/><ref name=tcmbio/> Farr hosted the event for 28 years<ref name=trauring>{{cite web|url=https://www.13abc.com/content/news/Jamie-Farr-to-return-to-Toledo-432987403.html|title=Jamie Farr returns to Toledo for August celebration|last=Trauring|first=Brian|date=2017-07-06|publisher=[[WTVG]]|location=Toledo, Ohio, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.13abc.com/content/news/Jamie-Farr-to-return-to-Toledo-432987403.html|url-status=live}}</ref> until it was rebranded the Marathon Classic in 2012.<ref name=dimeglio>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2013/01/09/corporal-klinger-jamie-farr-lpga-toledo-marathon-sponosr/1820307/|title=LPGA no longer clings to Jamie Farr; Marathon is in|last=DiMeglio|first=Steve|date=2013-01-09|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2013/01/09/corporal-klinger-jamie-farr-lpga-toledo-marathon-sponosr/1820307/|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2023, it is called the [[Dana Open]].<ref name=love/><ref name=king/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/dana-open/2023/07/09/briggs-dana-open-jamie-farr-remains-proud-what-he-started/stories/20230708004|title=Briggs: Ten years after LPGA tourney was rebranded, 'elated' Jamie Farr has no hard feelings|date=2023-07-08|last=Briggs|first=David|newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]]|location=Toledo, Ohio, USA|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/dana-open/2023/07/09/briggs-dana-open-jamie-farr-remains-proud-what-he-started/stories/20230708004|url-status=live}}</ref>

Outside of Ohio, Farr has been nominated for an [[Emmy]] for his time on ''M*A*S*H'', given the Comedy Achievement Honoree award at the [[New York Arab-American Comedy Festival]],<ref name=tcmbio/> and inducted into the [[Boys and Girls Clubs of America]] Alumni Hall of Fame.<ref name=bgca>{{cite web|url=https://www.bgca.org/about-us/alumni-hall-of-fame/jamie-farr|title=Jamie Farr|publisher=[[Boys & Girls Clubs of America]]|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002180258/https://bgca.org/about-us/alumni-hall-of-fame/jamie-farr|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1985, he received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref name=walkoffame/> Two of the dresses he wore as Klinger had previously been worn by [[Ginger Rogers]] and [[Betty Grable]] and are now owned by the [[Smithsonian National Museum of American History]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.edu/object/dress-worn-jamie-farr-maxwell-klinger-television-series-mash%3Anmah_680157|title=Dress worn by Jamie Farr as Maxwell Klinger on television series, M*A*S*H|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=2023-10-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/mash-jamie-farr|title=In "M*A*S*H," actor Jamie Farr wore famous hand-me-downs|last=Harvey|first=Lucy|date=2017-12-13|publisher=National Museum of American History|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/mash-jamie-farr|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, he received the [[Ellis Island Medal of Honor]] from the [[Ellis Island Honors Society|National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.toledoblade.com/Culture/2001/03/09/Group-honors-Jamie-Farr.html|title=Group honors Jamie Farr|date=2009-03-09|newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]]|location=Toledo, Ohio, USA|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=October 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021024704/https://www.toledoblade.com/Culture/2001/03/09/Group-honors-Jamie-Farr.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2016 was given the [[Arab American Institute Foundation]]'s Special Recognition Award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/aaif-s-gibran-gala-to-honor-m-a-s-h/article_3ebbe554-027d-11e6-9418-bb134a28383d.html|title=AAIF's Gibran Gala to honor M*A*S*H star Jamie Farr|last=Loria|first=Keith|date=2016-04-14|newspaper=[[Fairfax Times|Fairfax County Times]]|location=Reston, Virginia, USA|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032644/https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/aaif-s-gibran-gala-to-honor-m-a-s-h/article_3ebbe554-027d-11e6-9418-bb134a28383d.html|url-status=live}}</ref>