U-2016 awunguwo unyaka olungileyo kwaye izolo kongezwe omnye omtsha ukusweleka kwenye yeenkwenkwezi ezibalaseleyo zomculo kunye nemibongo ezinje ngoLeonard Cohem owasishiya sineminyaka engama-82 ubudala njengoko kuxeliwe kwiprofayili yakhe esemthethweni kwinethiwekhi yoluntu kuFacebook, apho sinokufunda lo myalezo ulandelayo; "Silahlekelwe ngoyena mbono uhloniphekileyo kwaye unomdla kumculo."
UCohen wayengomnye weemvumi ezaziwayo emhlabeni kwaye wahlala ekhuthele de kwaba sekupheleni kobomi bakhe. Kwaye ngo-Okthobha odlulileyo walo nyaka imvumi-umbhali wengoma waseCanada wazisa icwecwe lakhe lamva nje elinesihloko Ufuna ukuba mnyama.
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Ukusukela ngoko UCohen wayejongwa njengenkwenkwezi, kungekuphela kumculo, kodwa kwinqanaba eliqhelekileyo kwaye wafumana amabhaso amaninzi esaphila, kubandakanya neNkosana yeAsturias Award yeeNcwadi, awathi wanikwa ngazo ngo-2011.
Namhlanje kufuneka siphinde sithi ndlela-ntle kwakhona kwelinye lamaziko amakhulu kwihlabathi lemibongo kunye nomculo, kananjalo nelinye lawona mazwi ebehamba nathi amaxesha amaninzi kuhambo lwaselwandle okanye ngobo busuku apho nencwadi kunye nelizwi likaCohen umntu unokulibala ukuhamba kwexesha.