Clive Davis to be Honored by AmFAR at Gala Event.NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1998-- Humanitarian Award Tops Off Arista arista (ä·riˑ·st Records' Best Year Ever Legendary music mogul Clive Davis, President and founder of Arista Records, will be bestowed an honor from the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR), the nation's leading nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. dedicated to the support of HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome research. In celebration, an elegant "Season of Hope" affair will be held to recognize the humanitarian efforts of Clive Davis and co-honorees Barbara Walters and Tom Hanks. The event will take place on Monday, November 30th at the Winter Garden at the World Financial Center. A dazzling array of performers were just announced including Arista superstar Whitney Houston, Bad Boy/Arista's rap impresario Sean "Puffy" Combs, and a special surprise guest. This esteemed award from AmFar tops off an already brilliant year for Clive Davis. Not only is Arista enjoying its best year ever, the undisputed 'King of Contemporary Pop' has again given birth to our brightest new pop stars. This year alone we've witnessed the explosion of Monica, Next, Sarah McLachlan, Deborah Cox and Five, not to mention the ascension of Usher and Outkast on LaFace, and the entire Bad Boy family including Puff Daddy, Notorious B.I.G., Mase, 112 and Faith Evans. In fact, Arista maintained anywhere from five to eight hit singles of the top 10 for the majority of the summer. And this week, the excitement culminates as the release of Whitney Houston's first studio record in eight years impacts the world. One of the foremost leaders in the battle against AIDS, Clive Davis has donated over $300 million to AIDS charities over the past 15 years. A man whose passion for music is met by his passion as a philanthropist, Clive has been the recipient of many Humanitarian honors from organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League Anti-Defamation League B’nai B’rith organization which fights anti-Semitism. [Am. Hist.: Wigoder, 33] See : Anti-Semitism , The City of Hope, TJ Martell Foundation, American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, , Gay Men's Health Crisis The Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) is a non-profit, volunteer-supported and community-based AIDS service organization that has led the United States in the fight against AIDS. and Mayor Dinkins who proclaimed June 6, 1992 "Clive Davis Day" in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . |
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