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The Latest: Griffin honors Kate Spade while accepting award

FILE - In this March 22, 2018 file photo, comedian Kathy Griffin poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. Griffin will be honored Tuesday, June 5, by West Hollywood for raising more than $5 million for HIV/AIDS services and LGBTQ causes. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) FILE - In this March 22, 2018 file photo, comedian Kathy Griffin poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. Griffin will be honored Tuesday, June 5, by West Hollywood for raising more than $5 million for HIV/AIDS services and LGBTQ causes. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

By Associated Press June 6, 2018 2 min read

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) – The Latest on the city of West Hollywood, California, honoring comedian Kathy Griffin for her LGBTQ activism (all times local):

8:20 p.m.

Kathy Griffin has accepted an award honoring her contributions to LGBTQ community by dedicating part of her honor to late designer Kate Spade.

Griffin wore an outfit made out entirely of Spade’s designs while accepting an honor from the Southern California city of West Hollywood Tuesday night.

Griffin opened her acceptance remarks with a tribute to Spade, who was found dead in New York earlier Tuesday in an apparent suicide.