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Everybody knows that you've been faithful, give or take a night or two.

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
Record Producer
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Street Artist
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Leonard Norman Cohen
Jikan
Adultery
Faithful
Everybody
Night
Two
Give
Take
Giving
Infidelity

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