{"id":384893,"date":"2026-10-28T04:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T04:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/384893\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T04:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T04:24:09","slug":"bob-iger-former-disney-ceo-honored-as-2026-pac-nyc-icon-of-culture-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/384893\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Iger, former Disney CEO, honored as 2026 PAC NYC Icon of Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Former Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger was honored as the 2026 PAC NYC Icon of Culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Iger, one of Disney&#8217;s longest-serving chief executives, was recognized for his decades-long influence on TV, film, sports, news and philanthropy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Some of his closed ABC colleagues were on hand for the celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;I am overcome with gratitude tonight. Gratitude for this incredible opportunity that I&#8217;ve been given over the years, to work for a company like Disney for 52 years, and have the chance to really bring happiness to the world has been extraordinary,&#8221; Iger said.<\/p>\n<p>Top Stories<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"iVcn UbGlr ibBnq qdXbA avodi DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE QGHKv HNQqj ICwhc Bkgbl ZLXw kSqqG rEBmF sfsRN \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/hazel-krauss-chicago-st-ignatius-college-prep-community-mourns-former-volleyball-standout-killed-university-florida\/19987806\/\" aria-label=\"St. Ignatius community mourns former volleyball standout killed in crash near University of Florida 2026-10-28T03:36:13.000Z\" aria-describedby=\"StIgnatiuscommunitymbody details\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/19987927_102726-wls-tre-st-ignatius-grad-killed-10p-vid.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Perelman Performing Arts Center is a performing arts center built as part of the World Trade Center&#8217;s post-9\/11 development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Its mission is to be a home for emerging and established artists in theater, dance, music and opera.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger was honored as the 2026 PAC NYC Icon of Culture. Iger,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[140411,9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-384893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-140411","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}