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Vale Leonard Cohen
Legendary singer, songwriter Leonard Cohen has died at the age of 82, it has been reported by his recording company Sony Music Canada. Here, he is pictured in a concert at Sydney Entertainment Centre.
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No further details are available so far as to how the singer died.
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Cohen released his final album You Want it Darker, last month to positive reviews. Here, he is pictured in 1979. Picture: Getty
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Born on the 21st September 1934, Cohen was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist. His work has explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships. Here, he is pictured in Sydney in 1985.
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He learned guitar as a teenager and formed a folk group called the Buckskin Boys. Here, he is pictured in a scene from the video for his 1988 hit ‘First We Take Manhattan’.
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After graduating from McGill University, Cohen moved to the Greek island of Hydra. Whilst living in Greece he published several poetry collections.
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Cohen had a relationship beginning in the 1970s with the Los Angeles artist Suzanne Elrod, with whom he has two children: a son, Adam, born in 1972, and a daughter, Lorca, born in 1974. Here, he is pictured with film director Lian Lunson and singer Bono in music documentary film “Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man”.
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Cohen, who toured Australia in 2013, was considered one of the greatest songwriters of his generation.
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