Leonard Cohen died Monday, funeral held Thursday in Montreal

Leonard Cohen, the Canadian singer-songwriter of hundreds of awesome and memorable songs, including “Suzanne”, “Bird on a Wire” and “So Long, Marianne”, has died at age 82.

Keeping his promise, Cohen passed away on November 7 at the age of 82, leaving his fans in a sadness only his songs could perfectly convey.

His son, Adam Cohen, said his father died “with the knowledge that he had completed what he felt was one of his greatest records”.

“Cohen was a master of creating such lines imbued with utter despair and melancholy but also humor and humanity”, writes Cox.

Born in 1934 in Montreal, Leonard Norman Cohen first wrote novels and poetry before turning his hand to songwriting with the 1967 album Songs of Leonard Cohen, which contains two of his biggest classics “So Long Marianne” and “Suzanne”.

Among his accolades were entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award.

No further details were released, but the announcement comes a month after the artist told the New Yorker: “I am ready to die”.

The passionate “Ain’t No Cure for Love”, which Warnes sells with conviction, tells us: “I’m aching for you baby, I can’t pretend I’m not, I need to see you naked, In your body and your thought”.

The cause of death is now unknown.

Three years later, Leonard halted his career, entered the Mt Baldy Zen Center outside of Los Angeles, became a Buddhist monk and took on the Dharma name Jikan (silence).

In his heartbreaking note to his unwell former partner, Cohen had written that he believed he would “follow soon”.

Comedian Sarah Silverman suggested that we take comfort in Cohen’s music.

His first album, Songs Of Leonard Cohen, came in 1968.

One of Cohen’s most famous songs was “Hallelujah” which has been performed by nearly 200 artists in various languages.

Her close friend, Jan Christian Mollestad sent back an email to Leonard just days later, telling him of her death, and saying: “She smiled as only Marianne can”. He may be best known for the song “Hallelujuah”, a meditation of harsh self-examination and pleading for forgiveness.

The 82-year-old was popular mostly in the 1980s, but he performed up until this year.