Longmont family's music skills helped bridge loneliness of cancer patient's long hospital stay George Florentine survived cancer, 3 transplants Life has thrown a number of curve balls at George Florentine and his wife, Susan Bockhoff. and last updated 2020-12-24 07:31:37-05 LONGMONT, Colo. â Music has brought a Longmont family closer than ever, even as one person continues his fight against cancer â alone â in the hospital during the pandemic. George Florentine and his wife Susan Bockhoff, who live in Longmont, said after a long, stressful summer and fall, they're looking forward to Christmas. Florentine, 62, spent part of August and much of September in the hospital, recuperating from a staph infection, and his third bone marrow transplant.