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Here is your cross, Your nails and your hill And here is your love, That lists where it will

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Leonard Cohen
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 21
Died: 2016
Died: November 7
Film Actor
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Leonard Norman Cohen
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I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong, I will make it all up to thee.
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I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly.
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I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts
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