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Deets: City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States and a leading research center for diabetes and other life-threatening illnesses, announced its Music, Film and Entertainment Industry group’s 2022 Spirit of Life® Gala will honor Republic Records founders, chief executives and brothers, Monte and Avery Lipman. The prestigious Spirit of Life Award will be presented to them at a gala dinner in Fall 2022. Notably, this event marks the return of the highly anticipated Spirit of Life Gala after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Spirit of Life Award is City of Hope’s most prestigious honor and is presented to an esteemed community of industry leaders around the world who have made a significant commitment to improving the lives of others through the advancement of research and clinical innovation and the delivery of personalized, compassionate care. Honorees are selected for their notable contributions to the community in which they live and the profession in which they work. Past Music, Film and Entertainment Industry Group recipients include Sylvia Rhone, Jon Platt, Mo Ostin, Clive Davis, Quincy Jones, Frances W. Preston, Shelli and Irving Azoff, Edgar Bronfman Jr., Doug Morris and Sir Lucian Grainge.
Monte and Avery Lipman are continuing a 49-year tradition of robust support and powerful impact from their industry, which collectively has raised nearly $125 million for pioneering research that has yielded therapies and treatments that benefit people around the world.
This announcement kicks off a year-long fundraising initiative for City of Hope that includes marquee events, such as the Taste of Hope Wine Dinner and Auction and Songs of Hope event.
Spirit of Life Gala date and details are forthcoming.
About City of Hope’s Music, Film and Entertainment Industry Group
Inspired by the guiding humanitarian principles of City of Hope and motivated by the institution's commitment to innovative medical research and compassionate patient care, a group of key industry executives founded the charity’s Music, Film and Entertainment Industry group in 1973.
In its 49-year history, the group has raised nearly $125 million for City of Hope and has honored some of the most important figures in the music and entertainment industry.
Recent past honorees* include Jon Platt, chairman and CEO of Warner/Chappell; Coran Capshaw, founder of Red Light Management; Joel A. Katz, chair of Global Entertainment and Media Practice of Greenberg Traurig; Sir Lucian Grainge, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group; Frances W. Preston, president and CEO of BMI Inc.; Shelli and Irving Azoff, executive chairman of Live Nation Entertainment, chairman and CEO of the Front Line Management Group; Eddy Cue, senior vice president of Apple's Internet Software Services; Rob Light, head of the Music Department, and partner and managing director of Creative Artists Agency; and Doug Morris, worldwide chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. (*All titles listed are those from the time they were honored.)
Who You May Spot: Monte Lipman, Avery Lipman, and more to be announced
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