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I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts

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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Novelist
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Record Producer
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Street Artist
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Leonard Norman Cohen
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