Leonard Cohen acknowledges the audience after receiving the Glenn Gould Prize

Leonard humbly accepted the Glenn Gould Prize on Monday, but not the $50000 prize that accompanied it, instead donating the cash to the Canada Council for the Arts. The 77-year-old struck a modest tone as he claimed the award,
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