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Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and writer. His works commonly explored religion, politics, sexuality, romance, and isolation. Cohen pursued a career in writing and poetry during the 1950s and early 1960s, only entering the field of music in 1967, with the folk album Songs of Leonard Cohen. Following three more albums of folk music, Cohen co-wrote and produced 1977's Death of a Ladies' Man with Phil Spector, which featured the latter's trademarked Wall of Sound. 1979's Recent Songs marked a shift back to folk, along with jazz, Asian, and Mediterranean influences. In 1984, Cohen released Dangerous Visions, which contained possibly his most famous song, "Hallelujah". His 1988 album I'm Your Man became his most successful. After the release of 1992's The Future, Cohen retired from the music industry to become a Renzai Zen Buddhist monk. He returned in 2001 with the release of Ten New Songs, followed by Dear Heather in 2004. Cohen released three more albums in the final years of his life, the last of which (2016's You Want it Darker) debuted three weeks before his death. Read more here...
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