BEACON OF HUMANITY LYOR COHEN TO BE CITY OF HOPE'S SPIRIT OF LIFE HONOREE
City of Hope has announced that the 2023 recipient of the Spirit of Life Award will be none other than that great American and industry icon Lyor Cohen, currently Google and YouTube global head of Music.
Lyor is a shining beacon of humanity, a paragon of grace and generosity and the very embodiment of human excellence. Would there even be music without him?
The Spirit of Life Award will be conferred during a 10/18 gala at L.A.’s Pacific Design Center.
City of Hope’s Music, Film and Entertainment Group, as you know, has done stellar work funding research and treatment to combat cancer and other dread diseases. The Spirit of Life Award and associated events have, over the years, raised many millions of dollars to this end. Past honorees have included Shelli and Irving Azoff, Edgar Bronfman Jr., Coran Capshaw, Eddy Cue, Clive Davis, Sir Lucian Grainge, Allen Grubman, Quincy Jones, Rob Light, Monte and Avery Lipman, Doug Morris, Mo Ostin, Bob Pittman, Jon Platt and Sylvia Rhone.
