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Aug 3, 2016 · Norwegian filmmaker Jan Christian Mollestad was a good friend of Marianne Ihlen — the woman who inspired Leonard Cohen's "So long, Marianne." Mollestad was with her during her final days.
Aug 8, 2016 · Marianne Ihlen died in Norway at the end of last month at the age of 81. Just before she died, a good friend of hers, Jan Christian Mollestad, contacted Cohen to tell him that his muse was dying.
Aug 2, 2016 · 2nd August 2016. Leonard Cohen has paid tribute to Marianne Ihlen, the woman who inspired ‘So Long Marianne’ who died last week. Writing on Facebook, Cohen asked that this letter to him from Jan...
Dec 5, 2018 · Ihlen’s friend who brokered this final exchange with Cohen was film-maker Jan Christian Mollestad. Within days of Ihlen’s passing, Canada’s national English-language broadcaster, CBC radio, had...
Jul 24, 2019 · “It all happened so quickly,” he sighs. Before she died, Ihlen’s close friend, Jan Christian Mollestad, contacted Cohen, letting him know that she didn’t have long left.
Aug 13, 2016 · Marianne Ihlen was diagnosed with leukemia in late July. After her friend Jan Christian Mollestad called Cohen to say she had only days to live, the singer wrote her a letter, which...
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Aug 7, 2016 · Leonard Cohen penned an emotional final letter to Marianne Ihlen, the woman who inspired his “So Long, Marianne” and “Bird on the Wire,” just days before her July 29th death, Ihlen’s friend Jan...