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We are awakening from the dream of isolation, from the dream of loneliness, and it's a terrible shock.

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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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