Leonard Cohen’s Cause of Death Revealed
By Evan Minsker and Noah Yoo.
Leonard Cohen died last week. His death was announced to the public on Thursday night, and today, Cohen’s manager Robert B. Kory has released a statement revealing his cause of death, The New York Times reports. “Leonard Cohen died during his sleep following a fall in the middle of the night on Nov. 7,” Kory wrote. “The death was sudden, unexpected and peaceful.” It was reported by The New Yorker’s radio program that Cohen had been battling cancer, and Cohen discussed his declining health in his recent interview with the magazine.
Cohen recently released his final studio LP, You Want It Darker, an album on which he addressed the end of his life. He was forthright about his thoughts on his unfinished work in an interview with the New Yorker, in which he said, “I don’t think I’ll be able to finish those songs. Maybe, who knows? And maybe I’ll get a second wind, I don’t know... I am ready to die. I hope it’s not too uncomfortable. That’s about it for me.” He recanted the quote later on, telling fans, “I’ve always been into self-dramatization. I intend to live forever.”
Find more tributes to Leonard Cohen in the wake of his death here.
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