Akuwona unyaka omuhle u-2016 kanti izolo kungezwe omusha ukufa kwesinye sezinkanyezi zomculo nezinkondlo ezifana noLeonard Cohem owasishiya eneminyaka engama-82 njengoba kubikwe ngephrofayili yakhe esemthethweni enkundleni yokuxhumana iFacebook, lapho singafunda khona lo myalezo olandelayo; "Silahlekelwe ngomunye wababonisi abahlonishwayo futhi osebenza kahle emculweni."
UCohen wayengomunye wabaculi abaziwa kakhulu emhlabeni futhi wahlala esebenza kuze kube sekupheleni kwempilo yakhe. Futhi kungu-Okthoba owedlule walo nyaka umculi-umbhali wezingoma waseCanada wethula i-albhamu yakhe yakamuva esihloko sithi Ufuna kube mnyama.
Uthole izinkondlo ebusheni bakhe ngenxa yomsebenzi wembongi yaseSpain UFederico Garcia Lorca. Ushicilele izincwadi zakhe ezimbalwa nezinkondlo eziholele kwi-albhamu yakhe yokuqala kwezomculo esihloko sithi "Songs of Leonard Cohen". Kubhekwe njengobuciko bakhe obukhulu ukubonga phakathi kwezinye izingoma ezithi "So Long, Marianne" noma "Suzanne".
Kusuka lapho UCohen wayebhekwa njengenkanyezi, hhayi kuphela emculweni, kodwa ezingeni elijwayelekile futhi wathola inqwaba yemiklomelo phakathi nesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe, kufaka phakathi i-Prince of Asturias Award for Letters, aklonyeliswa ngayo ngo-2011.
Namuhla kufanele sivalelise futhi kwesinye sezikhungo ezinkulu emhlabeni wezinkondlo nomculo, futhi nakwelinye lamazwi ayevame ukuhamba nathi ohambweni lwamachibi noma ngalobo busuku lapho ngencwadi nangezwi likaCohen umuntu angakhohlwa ukuhamba kwesikhathi.