Canadian musical icon Leonard Cohen dead at the age of 82
MONTREAL — Leonard Cohen — writer, poet, composer, singer, renowned seducer and, for many, the epitome of cool — has died at the age of 82.
His sonorous, tobacco-painted baritone was once described as “the musical equivalent of rotgut whisky” and his lyrics and texts studied spirituality, sex, power and love.
A statement released Thursday by his son Adam confirmed Cohen’s death.
“My father passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles with the knowledge that he had completed what he felt was one of his greatest records,” he said.