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Leonard Cohen wrote songs on themes of war, politics and social justice. He was prone to depression and spent most of the 1990s in retreat at a Zen Buddhist centre in California. On hearing that Donald Trump had been elected President, he passed away. His last words were “Well, that’s me done- happy to go now!” (Not true)
He was Romy’s favourite. She told me this romantic story about his love Marianne with whom, in 1960, he rented an apartment on a small greek island called Hydra. (This island was the first place we ever went to as a courting couple). The song “So Long, Marianne” was written to and about her. Their relationship lasted for most of the 1960s.
In July this year, when he heard that she was near to death, he wrote to her and the farewell letter was read out at her funeral, stating “Well 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.”
A Monkey in Manhattan 