Leonard Cohen Dead at 82

[OrbitalDawn]

Hugely influential singer and songwriter's work spanned five decades

Leonard Cohen, the hugely influential singer and songwriter whose work spanned five decades, died at the age of 82. Cohen's label, Sony Music Canada, confirmed his death on the singer's Facebook page.

"It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away," the statement read. "We have lost one of music's most revered and prolific visionaries. A memorial will take place in Los Angeles at a later date. The family requests privacy during their time of grief." A cause of death was not given.

Cohen was the dark eminence among a small pantheon of extremely influential singer-songwriters to emerge in the Sixties and early Seventies. Only Bob Dylan exerted a more profound influence upon his generation, and perhaps only Paul Simon and fellow Canadian Joni Mitchell equaled him as a song poet. Cohen's haunting bass voice, nylon-stringed guitar patterns, Greek-chorus backing vocals shaped evocative songs that dealt with love and hate, sex and spirituality, war and peace, ecstasy and depression. He was also the rare artist of his generation to enjoy artistic success into his Eighties, releasing his final album, You Want It Darker, earlier this year.

RIP. One of the greats.

 

[saturnz]

Tragic

 

[maumau]

RIP

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Many luminaries leaving early to avoid the rush.

 

[mika1000]

RIP his music would be missed by many including me....

 

[friedpiggy]

I blame Trump.

 

[Jase]

R.I.P. Many hours sitting in my room listening to his music.

 

[Drifter]

R.I.P.

 

[DanDango]

R.I.P

 

[Binary_Bark]

that is sad, can't we swop him for bieber or west rather?

R.I.P

 

[SlowInternet]

RIP. Truely a great legend.

 

[konfab]

RIP (;_; )7

 

[PhireSide]

RIP

Truly an influence he was. I clearly remember going on hunting trips with my father when I was little and Suzanne would play on the tape deck in the early hours of the morning.

 

[geezer]

I actually got goosebumps when I read this. Just last night I was listening to his song, "Everybody knows". Fantastic lyrics!
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[tcofran]

Everybody knows..... You will RIP

 

[cerebus]

Waiting the influx of dreadful Hallelujah covers that are bound to emerge now.

 

[GreGorGy]

A mere 3 months after Marianne Ihlen. So Long, Leonard, so long, Marianne.



But it is not tragic - if he died at 24 with two kids of a gunshot to the thigh, that would be tragic. He lived a full and meaningful life.

 

[Hectic]

RIP

 

[grok]

Damn, 2016 isn't a good year for entertainers..

 

[AfricanTech]

A mere 3 months after Marianne Ihlen. So Long, Leonard, so long, Marianne.



But it is not tragic - if he died at 24 with two kids of a gunshot to the thigh, that would be tragic. He lived a full and meaningful life.

Indeed.

That said, 82 is regarded as young nowadays.

RIP