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 Neil Young: Named MusiCares person of the year
Canadian musician Neil Young, who never won a Grammy, has been named the 2010 MusiCares person of the year.
The 63 year old brooding rocker will be honoured on January 29 in Los Angeles with a gala dinner and a concert just prior to next year's 52nd annual Grammys. The event marks the music industry charity's 20th person of the year tribute.
The 52nd Grammy Awards ceremony will be held at Los Angeles' Staples Center on January 31, 2010.
Neil Portnow, president of the MusiCares Foundation and The Recording Academy, named Neil Young on Tuesday as the honoree for his "standard of artistic integrity and iconoclastic creativity for more than four decades".
Neil Young is the first Canadian to ever receive the honour, following such past winners as Bono, Quincy Jones, Elton John, Aretha Franklin and Neil Diamond.
The rocker's hits include 1972's "Heart of Gold" and 1989's "Rockin' in the Free World".
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