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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.

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3. 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....

4. ew.com › music › 2019/06/27Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen: How an early love affair ...

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   Jun 27, 2019 · The footage was shot on an iPhone by her friend Jan Christian Mollestad, who was making a documentary about Ihlen's novelist ex-husband. "It was not a bitter end," Mollestad says in the...

5. 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.

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

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   Aug 7, 2016 · James Burke/The LIFE Picture Collection. 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...

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

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   Aug 2, 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 Christian ...

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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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   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. theconversation.com › mythmaking-social-media-andMythmaking, social media and the truth about Leonard Cohen’s ...

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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 ...