 In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.In April 2014 at the age of 85, he was a guest conductor of The South Carolina School of the Arts, at Anderson University's spring gala where he led the university choir in performing the Johnny Mann Singers arrangement of "Up, Up and Away".At the song's conclusion, the audience of about 1,000 stood in Mann's honor.