Thinking of Marianne Ihlen & Leonard Cohen

Thinking of Marianne Ihlen & Leonard Cohen July 30, 2016

Marianne & Leonard

About a week ago Marianne Ihlen was diagnosed with leukemia, and died on Thursday. She is believed to be about eighty or eighty-one.

She and Leonard Cohen had a long-time romance, and she inspired several of his songs, most famously So Long, Marianne.

Here she and Leonard Cohen talk about their lives together.

And, of course, there is that particular song. The deep emotional quality of this version makes it worth being the one to share today, despite technical difficulties…

And a little more recent version.


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