When Leonard Cohen’s family announced last week that he had died at 82, it gave no cause. Although the poet and songwriter had been open about his failing health in recent months, fans knew little other than what The New Yorker reported in its weekly radio show, that Mr. Cohen had been battlingcancer.
On Wednesday, however, Mr. Cohen’s manager, Robert B. Kory, offered more detail about his client’s death.
“Leonard Cohen died during his sleep following a fall in the middle of the night on Nov. 7,” Mr. Kory said in a statement. “The death was sudden, unexpected and peaceful.”
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O agente de Leonard Cohen, Robert Kory, revelou ao New York
Times que o cantor canadiano morreu na noite de 7 de Novembro, “durante o
sono”, depois de ter sofrido uma queda em casa.
A morte “foi repentina, inesperada e pacífica”, destacou Kory ao jornal norte-americano.
Cohen
enfrentava uma dura batalha contra o cancro,
mas não terá havido qualquer relação direta entre a doença e a sua morte.
O
músico e poeta canadiano morreu aos 82 anos, na passada segunda-feira, na sua
casa em Los Angeles. No entanto, a sua morte só foi noticiada na quinta-feira
seguinte, pelo seu agente – através da página de Facebook de Cohen.
“É
com profunda tristeza que informamos que o poeta, compositor e artista lendário
Leonard Cohen morreu”, escreveu o seu agente. “Perdemos um dos visionários mais
prolíficos e respeitados do mundo da música”.
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Was
a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion,
politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships.[3] Cohen
was inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's
highest civilian honour. In 2011, Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize.
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