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

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   Aug 8, 2016 · Just before she died, a good friend of hers, Jan Christian Mollestad, contacted Cohen to tell him that his muse was dying. (Photo: Leonard Cohen. Credit: Deigo Tuson / Getty Images)

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3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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   Aug 7, 2016 · According to Mollestad, after he informed Cohen of Ihlen’s looming death from leukemia, the legendary singer-songwriter-poet responded two hours later with a “beautiful” letter, which Mollestad...

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

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   Aug 2, 2016 · Jan Christian Mollestad is currently completing a biographical film about Marianne. “Marianne slept slowly out of this life yesterday evening. Totally at ease, surrounded by close friends ...

7. www.everythingzoomer.com › arts-entertainment › 2016So Long, Marianne: Leonard Cohen’s Final Letter to Marianne ...

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   Aug 8, 2016 · Documentarian Jan Christian Mollestad, a longtime friend of Ihlen’s, spoke with CBC and explained how she sent him a text recently to say that she was dying of leukemia. He hurried to the 81-year-old’s bedside and sent a message to Cohen to inform him of Ihlen’s situation.

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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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   What does Mollestad say in Cohen's letter?

   • Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine,” Mollestad told the CBC of Cohen’s letter. “‘And you know that I’ve always loved you for your beauty and your wisdom, but I don’t need to say anything more about that because you know all about that.

   Leonard Cohen Pens Final Letter to 'So Long, Marianne' Muse - Rolling …

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9. www.independent.ie › entertainment › television'So long Marianne': Leonard Cohen's beautiful letter to ...

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   Aug 7, 2016 · Her close friend Jan Christian Mollestad told Canada's CBC radio that he had contacted Cohen, 81, to tell him Ihlen was dying of leukaemia and had only a few days to live.