WATCH: Denzel Washington Visits His Childhood Librarian to Wish Her a Happy 99th Birthday

Denzel Washington just reconnected with a very special figure from his past. While in town to promote his new film Fences, Washington stopped by an Atlanta nursing home to wish Miss Connie, his childhood librarian, a happy 99th birthday. The two had not seen each other in nearly 50 years, but the now-retired librarian never forgot the day Washington, around 7 years old at the time, came to the children’s department of the Mount Vernon public library to ask for a book. When Washington became a movie star, Miss Connie enjoyed remembering the actor as the “cute little boy” who lived across the street from the library and would often stop in to say hello with his mother. After hearing her story, friends at Miss Connie’s Atlanta nursing home decided to post a video of her retelling her memories of Washington to YouTube. In the video, the former librarian recalls that the first time Washington came to the children’s section, he asked for a “little, skinny book” that he could read over the weekend, so that he could have his book report done by Monday. Miss Connie always cherished the memory, and was proud to learn that Washington gave back to the community after becoming wealthy, donating $1 million to the local Boys and Girls Club where he grew up. “He’s a wonderful human being,” she says. After hearing about the video, Washington called Miss Connie at her nursing home and told her he also remembers that first day at the library. During the phone call, which was recorded for another video, Washington tells his former librarian that he never stopped reading, and made plans to see her in person while in Atlanta to promote Fences. Finally, almost half a century since Miss Connie gave Washington his first library book, the two reunited in person on Wednesday in Atlanta.

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