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I cannot understand why my arm is not a lilac tree.

Leonard Cohen

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Leonard Cohen
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 21
Died: 2016
Died: November 7
Film Actor
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Musician
Novelist
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Poet
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Street Artist
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Leonard Norman Cohen
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