Pat Slater Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 A man born with a golden voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomboom Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 Very, very sad day... rest in peace Sir. And thanks a lot.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 Yeah...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 A rare talent, even among rare talents. I was listening to a couple of his albums on the plane back from Atlanta just last weekend. He leaves an amazing legacy. He will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 So long... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 ... to leonard and marianne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 3 hours ago, daniel said: ... to leonard and marianne. From this great 10,000-word profile of Cohen published just last month in The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/17/leonard-cohen-makes-it-darker Comes this story...I'd heard the first part, but not the response: In late July this year, Cohen received an e-mail from Jan Christian Mollestad, a close friend of Marianne’s, saying that she was suffering from cancer. In their last communication, Marianne had told Cohen that she had sold her beach house to help insure that Axel would be taken care of, but she never mentioned that she was sick. Now, it appeared, she had only a few days left. Cohen wrote back immediately: Well Marianne, it’s come to this time when we are really so old and our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon. Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine. And you know that I’ve always loved you for your beauty and your wisdom, but I don’t need to say anything more about that because you know all about that. But now, I just want to wish you a very good journey. Goodbye old friend. Endless love, see you down the road. Two days later, Cohen got an e-mail from Norway: Dear Leonard Marianne slept slowly out of this life yesterday evening. Totally at ease, surrounded by close friends. Your letter came when she still could talk and laugh in full consciousness. When we read it aloud, she smiled as only Marianne can. She lifted her hand, when you said you were right behind, close enough to reach her. It gave her deep peace of mind that you knew her condition. And your blessing for the journey gave her extra strength. . . . In her last hour I held her hand and hummed “Bird on the Wire,” while she was breathing so lightly. And when we left the room, after her soul had flown out of the window for new adventures, we kissed her head and whispered your everlasting words. So long, Marianne . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 I'm so glad I got to see him perform live, though I wish it was more than once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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