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1. www.cbc.ca › radio › asithappensSo long, Marianne. Leonard Cohen's final letter to his muse

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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.

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3. www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › p0441stcLeonard Cohen's farewell letter to Marianne - BBC

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   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.

4. www.nme.com › news › musicLeonard Cohen pays tribute to woman who inspired 'So Long ...

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   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...

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   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...

6. www.thejc.com › culture › filmWhy Leonard Cohen said ‘So long, Marianne’ - The Jewish Chronicle

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   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.

7. www.scotsman.com › news › obituary-marianne-ihlenObituary: Marianne Ihlen, Leonard Cohen's muse - The Scotsman

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   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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   Who was Jan Christian Mollestad?

   • 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. And he read her a letter written by Cohen himself.

   So long, Marianne. Leonard Cohen's final letter to his muse

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   Did Jan Christian Mollestad read Cohen's letter before she died?

   • Her close friend Jan Christian Mollestad, a documentary filmmaker, read Cohen's letter to her before she died. Ihlen's funeral is planned for Friday in Oslo. As It Happens guest host Rosemary Barton spoke to Mollestad in Norway. When I read the lines 'stretch out your hand,' she stretched out her hand - Jan Christian Mollestad

   So long, Marianne. Leonard Cohen's final letter to his muse

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   How did Jan Christian Mollestad meet Leonard?

   • Jan Christian Mollestad: I met her while I was making a documentary film about her first husband, who was a very famous Norwegian writer. We went to Hydra, the same place they went on their first big trip but as we got closer to Hydra, more and more of the talk was about Leonard because her husband deserted her right after the birth of their son.

   So long, Marianne. Leonard Cohen's final letter to his muse

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   Is Mollestad paraphrasing?

   • In response, it is clear that Mollestad is paraphrasing. He stumbles a number of times, trying several phrases over in different forms as he struggles to accurately recall Cohen’s words. As he reaches the conclusion of the letter as he recalls it, he simply mumbles, “something like that”.

   Mythmaking, social media and the truth about Leonard Cohen’s last

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9. www.rollingstone.com › music › music-newsLeonard Cohen Pens Final Letter to 'So Long, Marianne' Muse

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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...