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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 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...
Jul 24, 2019 · Their turbulent time together inspired such classic songs as So Long Marianne, Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye and Bird On The Wire.
Nov 11, 2016 · In August, Cohen learned through a mutual friend, Jan Christian Mollestad, that his muse was dying so he wrote her a letter – words that have more poignancy today than ever.
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...
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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 ...