in order of appearance: Angela Lansbury, Barbara Cook, Bernadette Peters, Mary Martin, Catherine Preston 1987 Tony Awards.
Mary also presented a special Tony to Yul Brynner a few years earlier.
Yul died shortly after, but did well that night. Martin and Brynner worked together on Broadway in the musical "Lute Song." She suggested Yul for the role of the king in the "King and I." Rodgers and Hammerstein agreed.