Ten new Pittsburgh icons were inducted into the Pittsburgh Walk of Fame Tuesday morning in front of the Strip District Terminal.
Each new inductee received a granite block embedded with a bronze star and a plaque honoring their legacy.
Among those honored was former Penguins center and current owner Mario Lemieux, who played in Pittsburgh between 1984 and 2006.
Mario Lemieux address crowd during his Pittsburgh Walk of Fame induction on Oct. 13, 2026
During his induction speech, Lemieux reminisced on his visit to the Steel City after the NHL draft, a city he now calls home.
“Driving through the tunnel and at the end of the tunnel there it was, the city of Pittsburgh. An amazing sight for a young Canadian-Frenchman, and that’s when I fell in love with the city.”
The other nine inductees included former Steelers announcer Myron Cope, dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, photographer Charles “Teenie Harris,” former Steelers running back Franco Harris, entrepreneur H.J. Heinz, actress and singer Shirley Jones, composer Henry Mancini, actor Jimmy Stewart and engineer George Westinghouse.
Elizabeth Cope unveiled the star in honor of her father, who served as the voice of Steeler football for 35 years. She mentioned despite the numerous offers her father received to be a broadcaster in a different city, Myron Cope was loyal to his hometown.
“He always said it wouldn’t be as fun anywhere else. He couldn’t be as passionate anywhere else,” Cope said about her father. “My father worked hard, played hard, and had the time of his life right here in Pittsburgh.”
Cope was the inventor of The Terrible Towel, which he introduced to fans to rally together during a 1975 playoff game. The black-and-gold towel now serves as an iconic symbol for both the Pittsburgh Steelers and professional football at large.
Attendees of Pittsburgh Walk of Fame induction wake their Terrible Towels in honor of former color commentator Myron Cope on Oct. 13, 2026.
Oliver Tobin unveiled the star for Graham, who passed away in 1991. Tobin, a former dancer under the Martha Graham Dance Company, said this honor was fitting for her considering she believed “wherever a dancer stood was holy ground.”
“Those words resonate, as we spent much of our training on the floor learning that the ground is not something to resist, but the strength from which we rise,” Tobin said.
“So, how fitting is it that the legacy is now set in the ground of Pittsburgh, where her story began.”
Nominations for the 2027 class will open beginning in January.