RIP Leonard Cohen: The most beautiful things he said and wrote

Leonard Cohen, the baritone-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter died at age 82 on Friday. He was known for the beautiful lyrics that he wrote so here are a few to tell you what the world has lost today. (REuters)

Updated on: Nov 11, 2016 12:36 PM IST

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Leonard Cohen, the baritone-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter died at age 82 on Friday. He was known for the beautiful lyrics that he wrote so here are a few to tell you what the world has lost today. (REuters)

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Cohen passed away and a memorial will take place in Los Angeles at a later date, Catherine McNelly, a representative from his record label, said on Thursday. No further details on his death were given. (REuters)

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Cohen, also renowned as a poet, novelist and aspiring Zen monk, blended folk music with a darker, sexual edge that won him fans around the world and among fellow musicians like Bob Dylan and R.E.M. (AP)

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He remained wildly popular into his 80s, when his deep voice plunged to seriously gravelly depths. He toured as recently as earlier this year and released a new album, “You Want it Darker,” just last month. (REuters)

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His “Hallelujah” went from cult hit to modern standard, now an unending staple on movies, TV shows, YouTube videos, reality shows and high school choir concerts. (AP)

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Cohen, who once said he got into music because he couldn’t make a living as a poet, rose to prominence during the folk music revival of the 1960s. During those years, he traveled the folk circuit with younger artists like Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and others. (REuters)

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His contemporary Kris Kristofferson once said that he wanted the opening lines to Cohen’s “Bird on a Wire,” on his tombstone.. (Reuters)

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The Montreal-born Cohen never seemed quite as comfortable on stage, however, and he chalked it up in part to being the old man among the group. (REuters)

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Cohen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, telling the audience: “This is a very unlikely occasion for me. It is not a distinction that I coveted or even dared dream about.” (Reuters)