Well, LC kept on recycling some answers all through his life. But we - His people, amen - forgive him because we know he was a poet, but also a performer - and a performer always needs a script.
About the ceremony.
You're right, B4real: the winner's announcement was held during the Premiere Ceremony.
But, even though Sharon Robinson was there for sure (
https://www.facebook.com/sharonrobinson ... =3&theater), during the ceremony no one was allowed to accept the awards on winners' behalf.
So, it went like this: they announced the winner's name for evey category, then a jingle started to give the winners the time to leave their seats and get on stage. If the winner was there to get the prize, he went on stage to take it. If they weren't, no one was allowed to show up on their behalf, and the show just went on.
As you can see here at 2:40
https://www.grammy.com/grammys/videos/w ... e-ceremony
the same happened for Leonard.
It was quite comical, since Leonard was... dead... and, well, of course he couldn't go accept the award.
So the jingle started as every time and no one showed up.
I hoped they would make an exception to the Grammy's rules for a late artist, maybe remembering him, or allowing someone else to accept the prize under these special circumstances. But no, they didn't.
Jingle and... Oh, guess what, Leonard Cohen was not there!
No one said anything, and the show just went on.
It was (sadly) fun.
But - hey - who cares. He won, that's it.
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