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The wars they will be fought again The holy dove be caught again bought and sold and bought again the dove is never free.

Leonard Cohen

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Leonard Cohen
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 21
Died: 2016
Died: November 7
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Leonard Norman Cohen
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