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Songs written by leonard cohen4/6/2024 ![]() ‘It only took two hours and in came this beautiful letter from Leonard to Marianne,’ her friend Jan Christian Mollestad recalled. Old and failing, too, he would soon be reunited with her, he told his muse of decades past, the Norwegian beauty Marianne Stang Ihlen. When he heard from one of her close friends that his former lover lay dying of leukaemia thousands of miles away in Oslo, the response from the singer Leonard Cohen was heartfelt and immediate. Now, we have a new ode to the passing of a loved one that will surely be added to the canon of memorable farewells. The poignant poem about stopping the clocks, packing up the Moon and dismantling the sun became a staple of funeral services. Auden’s moving Funeral Blues was recited in the film Four Weddings And A Funeral. Viewers in cinemas across the country wept openly when W. Old and failing, too, he would soon be reunited with her, he told his muse of decades past, the Norwegian beauty Marianne Stang Ihlen ![]()
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