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Barack Obama wins an Emmy

Former President Barack Obama just added another accolade to his resume, he is now an Emmy winner.

At the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, Obama won for outstanding narrator.

He lent his voice to the Netflix documentary "Our Great National Parks".

His production company, Higher Ground, actually created the five-part series that focuses on U.S. National Parks and wildlife around the world.

Obama joins some elite company, he is the second U.S. President to win an Emmy. Dwight Eisenhower was awarded an honorary Governors Award by the Television Academy while he was still in office in 1956.

Obama is now half way to becoming an EGOT winner, someone who has received Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards. Obama has won two Grammys for audio versions of his memoirs.

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