Editing Dexter Gordon (section)

===Musician Emeritus===
[[File:Dexter Gordon at Mountain Winery Jazz Festival, Saratoga CA 1981.jpg|left|thumb|Dexter Gordon at Mountain Winery Jazz Festival, Saratoga CA 1981]]
In 1978 and 1980, Gordon was the ''[[DownBeat]]'' Musician of the Year, and in 1980 he was inducted into the [[DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame|Jazz Hall of Fame]]. The US Government honored him with a Congressional Commendation, a Dexter Gordon Day in Washington DC, and in 1986 the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] named him a [[NEA Jazz Master]] in recognition of hia Lifetime Achievement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arts.gov/honors/jazz/dexter-gordon|title=Dexter Gordon|publisher=National Endowment for the Arts {{!}} NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships|access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref> In 1986, he was named a member and officer of the [[French Order of Arts and Letters]] (Officier des Arts et Lettres) by the Ministry of Culture in [[France]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dextergordon.org/bio|title=Dexter Keith Gordon|publisher=The Dexter Gordon Society|access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref>

During the 1980s, Gordon, a life-long smoker, was weakened by [[emphysema]]. He remained a popular attraction at concerts and festivals, although his live appearances and recording dates would soon become infrequent.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Gordon starred in the 1986 movie ''[[Round Midnight (film)|Round Midnight]]'' as "Dale Turner", an expatriate jazz musician in Paris during the late 1950s based loosely on Lester Young and Bud Powell.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> That portrayal earned him a nomination for an [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/> In addition, he had a non-speaking role as a piano-playing hospital inmate in the 1990 film ''[[Awakenings]]'', which was posthumously released. Before that last film was released, he made a guest appearance on the [[Michael Mann (director)|Michael Mann]] series ''[[Crime Story (U.S. TV series)|Crime Story]]''.

Soundtrack performances from ''Round Midnight'' were released as the albums ''[[Round Midnight (soundtrack)|Round Midnight]]'' and ''[[The Other Side of Round Midnight]]'', featuring original music by [[Herbie Hancock]] as well as playing by Gordon. The latter was the last recording released under Gordon's name. He was a sideman on [[Tony Bennett]]'s 1987 album, ''Berlin''.