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Aug 3, 2016 · Marianne Ihlen passed away on July 29th. She was 81 years old. She and Cohen were lovers in the 1960s after they met in Greece. When Cohen learned Ihlen's health was deteriorating, he...
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 film.
Ihlen had married Jan Stang in 1979 and spent most of her time painting in Oslo. She is survived by Stang and her son Axel Jensen Jr.
Dec 5, 2018 · The note Leonard Cohen wrote to his former lover Marianne Ihlen as she lay upon her death bed became a viral phenomenon after they both died in 2016. But Cohen’s last letter to Ihlen was not...
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 ...
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...
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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.
