by Mickey White<\/a> Rolling Stone<\/a> is still good at covering musicians and they did a lovely tribute to Cohen when they broke the news to their readers\u2026.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away,\u201d the statement read. \u201cWe have lost one of music\u2019s most revered and prolific visionaries. A memorial will take place in Los Angeles at a later date. The family requests privacy during their time of grief.\u201d A cause of death and exact date of death was not given.<\/p>\n My father passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles with the knowledge that he had completed what he felt was one of his greatest records,\u201d Cohen\u2019s son Adam wrote in a statement to Rolling Stone<\/i>. \u201cHe was writing up until his last moments with his unique brand of humor.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 2016 has been hard on the creative community, however Cohen seemed almost prescient about his upcoming passing. \u00a0Mentioning in a column to The New Yorker<\/a>\u00a0just a few months ago, that his health was failing and so was he.<\/p>\n I am ready to die,\u201d he said. \u201cI hope it\u2019s not too uncomfortable. That\u2019s about it for me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Cohen later shrugged off the comment, but as he worked on his last project \u201cMake it Darker\u201d to his dying day, it seems he wasn\u2019t \u201cexaggerating\u201d after all. \u00a0The World will miss the man whose creations have inspired us for decades.
\nLeonard Cohen, singer, songwriter, inspiration and national treasure has passed away at age 82. \u00a0Cohen maybe best known for his beautiful, haunted ballad, \u201cHallelujah\u201d, however his illustrious career spanned 50 years.<\/p>\n
\nThere are thousands of covers of his signature song, but none feel quite like the original.<\/p>\n