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Man Of The Hour: Tom Petty will be honored as the MusiCares 2017 Person of the Year shortly before the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles this February. Photo: Neal Preston.

Man Of The Hour: Tom Petty will be honored as the MusiCares 2017 Person of the Year shortly before the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles this February. Photo: Neal Preston.

One of Tom Petty’s best-known songs is “Free Fallin’.” In February, he’ll be honored for helping to prevent musicians from just that.

The Recording Academy’s MusiCares Foundation today announced that Petty will be named its 2017 Person Of The Year during Grammy Week in this coming February, thanks to his efforts to...

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