Leonard Cohen's final letter to his greatest love Marianne Ihlen after she died of leukaemia who inspired him in many of his songs “Well my dearest Marianne, it’s come to this time when we are really so old and our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon. Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine. And you know that I’ve always loved you for your beauty and your wisdom, but I don’t need to say anything more about that because you know all about that. But now, I just want to wish you a very good journey. Goodbye, old friend. Endless love, see you down the road .... your Leonard.” She died aged 81 on 28 July 2016, in Oslo. Cohen died just over three months later, on November 7. This is one of my favourite songs that Cohen wrote to Marianne in 1967: https://youtu.be/3XzAjfwQtvM https://www.instagram.com/p/CqBjbNkK992lPMel4smRdlB7DQ_ATybdjPU1uM0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=







