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'''Leonard Cohen''' (1934-2016) was a Canadian poet and singer-songwriter. He is known for his wry, melancholic and frequently beautiful lyrics, his ever-present cluster of angelic back-up singers, his fascination with religion and spirituality, and that ''voice'', good Lord. Cohen began his career as a writer, with two collections of poetry that received good reviews, but his later material didn't do as well, so he became a singer-songwriter due to his lack of financial success. His first album, the snappily titled ''Songs of Leonard Cohen'', was released in 1967; it met with critical acclaim, mediocre sales and a lasting cult status, something that could be said for his entire career. After a decline in popularity from the mid-1970s onward, he released the incisive, satirical ''I'm Your Man'' in 1988. Widely considered one of his best albums, it effectively rebooted his career and cemented his status as a cult figure.

 

 

Cohen was private and something of a hermit (he spent many years living in a Zen commune atop Mount Baldy, where he was known as ''Jikan,'' "The Silent One"). After his manager Kelley Lynch almost completely emptied his pension account and ran away with the money in 2005, Cohen started touring again in 2008 at age 73. He died at the age of 82 on the 10th of November 2016, three weeks after his final album ''You Want It Darker'' was released. (However, he was working on an R&B album when he passed away...)

 

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