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Family: Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen dies at age 82.

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June 18, 1993 Singer-composer Leonard Cohen in New York. He is still the eminence grise of art song, 21 years after Judy Collins' version of "Suzanne" made him a semi-household word. Illustrates Cohen (category e), by Richard Harrington (post). Moved Monday, Nov. 28. (c) 1988. April 1989 Los Angeles Times - Washington Post News Service
June 18, 1993 Singer-composer Leonard Cohen in New York. He is still the eminence grise of art song, 21 years after Judy Collins' version of "Suzanne" made him a semi-household word. Illustrates Cohen (category e), by Richard Harrington (post). Moved Monday, Nov. 28. (c) 1988. April 1989 Los Angeles Times - Washington Post News Service (Rpa - Los Angeles Times - Washington Post News Service/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

LOS ANGELES — Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has died at age 82, his family said Thursday night.

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