Leonard Cohen Dead at 82
Posted November 10, 2016 6:05 pm.
Last Updated November 10, 2016 7:43 pm.
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MONTREAL (NEWS1130) – Poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has died at the age of 82.
A posting on Cohen’s official website gave no other details but said a memorial would take place in Los Angeles at a later date.
The posting says Cohen’s family has requested privacy “during their time of grief.”
Cohen, who favoured black suits, fedoras and tweed caps, was born in Montreal on Sept. 21, 1934, to a middle-class family.
He studied at the same high school as Canadian poet Irving Layton — who he credited as one of his influences — and after learning the guitar formed a country group known as the Buckskin Boys.
A big break came in 1966 when Judy Collins recorded his standard “Suzanne,” and he came out with his first album “Songs of Leonard Cohen” the same year.
Leonard-Cohen-Discography
Studio, live and compilation albums by Leonard Cohen who has died at the age of 82.
1967 – Songs of Leonard Cohen
1969 – Songs From a Room
1971 – Songs of Love and Hate
1973 – Live Songs
1974 – New Skin for the Old Ceremony
1975 – The Best of Leonard Cohen: Greatest Hits
1977 – Death of a Ladies’ Man
1979 – Recent Songs
1984 – Various Positions
1988 – I’m Your Man
1989 – So Long, Marianne
1992 – The Future
1994 – Cohen Live: Leonard Cohen in Concert
1997 – More Best of Leonard Cohen
2001 – Ten Songs
2001 – Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979
2002 – The Essential Leonard Cohen
2004 – Dear Heather
2008 – The Collection
2009 – Live in London
2009 – Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
2009 – Greatest Hits
2010 – Songs from the Road
2011 – The Complete Studio Albums Collection
2012 – Old Ideas
2014 – Popular Problems
2014 – Live in Dublin
2015 – Can’t Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour
2016 – You Want It Darker
