Leonard Cohen’s final letter to his dying muse is even more poignant today

After Leonard Cohen's passing, a story from last August is even more poignant today.

Leonard Cohen’s final letter to his dying muse is even more poignant today

Leonard Cohen sent a touching final letter to his dying muse Marianne Ihlen, the subject of his song ‘So Long Marianne’.

Ihlen, who was also the inspiration behind ‘Bird on the Wire,’ died in Norway on July 29 at the age of 81.

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