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I smile when I'm angry , I cheat and I lie. I do what I have to do to get by. But I know what is wrong and I know what is right , and I'd die for the truth in my secret life .

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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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Screenwriter
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Singer-Songwriter
Street Artist
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Leonard Norman Cohen
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