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Following news of the legendary singer-songwriter’s death at the age of 82, we look back on his life and career, which spanned five decades and included such classics as Songs of Love and


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Main image: Leonard Cohen performs on stage at the Musikhalle on 4th May 1970 in Hamburg, Germany. Photograph: K&K Ulf Kruger OHG/Redferns Fri 11 Nov 2016 04.20 CET Last modified on Thu 22


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Cohen having a drink, circa 1960. Photograph: Roz Kelly/Getty Images


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter On stage at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970. Photograph: Tony Russell/Redferns


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Performing at the Musikhalle in Hamburg in 1970. Photograph: K&K Ulf Kruger OHG/Redferns


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Surrounded by members of the audience in Hamburg. Photograph: K&K Ulf Kruger OHG/Redferns


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter In Amsterdam in 1972. Photograph: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter In Amsterdam in 1972. Photograph: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A portrait in the early 1970s. Photograph: Jack Robinson/Getty Images


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter On stage in Denmark in 1972. Photograph: Jan Persson/Redferns


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter With Bob Johnston and Ron Cornelius in concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 1973. Photograph: Ilpo Musto/Rex Shutterstock


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Live at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in 1979. Photograph: Terry Lott/Sony Music Archive/Getty Images


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Smoking a cigarette in 1980. Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty Images/Hulton Archive


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter At Amsterdam’s Muziektheater in 1988. Photograph: Frans Schellekens/Redferns


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter In Toronto in 1993. Photograph: Alan Messer/Rex Shutterstock


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Performing in 1993. Photograph: Ebet Roberts/Redferns


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter At the Mount Baldy Zen Center, east of Los Angeles, in 1995. Photograph: Neal Preston/Corbis


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter At the 47th Montreux jazz festival in Switzerland in 2013. Photograph: Valentin Flauraud/Reuters


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter At Leeds arena in 2013. Photograph: Gary Wolstenholme/Redferns via Getty Images


Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Acknowledging the applause before A Tribute to Leonard Cohen concert at the Jovellanos theatre in Gijon, Spain. Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images


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