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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.harpersbazaar.com › uk › cultureLeonard Cohen writes dying letter to his muse Marianne

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   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. Mollestad then...

4. www.irishtimes.com › culture › musicSo long, Marianne: Leonard Cohen writes to muse just before ...

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   Aug 7, 2016 · So Long, Marianne appeared on his 1967 album Songs of Leonard Cohen. Her close friend Jan Christian Mollestad got in touch with Cohen to tell him Ihlen was dying. READ MORE. “It took only two...

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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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6. 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...

7. 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.

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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. 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,...