![]() Sort of.Ĭohen purchased a house on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960, no doubt as a refuge from the deep freeze that tends to set in in Montreal around this time of year. He never appeared all that interested in pleasing anyone but himself, and his art was all the better for it. Which, given the many twists and turns and false endings woven through his uncompromising career over the years - this sampling, for instance, ends at just his first “retirement” from the music business 43 years ago - was probably just the way Leonard Cohen liked it. ![]() A perusal of some early Star pieces on Cohen, who died Monday at age 82, marks him as a somewhat divisive figure ’round these parts. Leonard Cohen has been a regular presence in the Toronto Star’s pages for the better part of six decades, dating back to the days when he was known as the enfant terrible of new Canadian literature rather than one of the most respected and influential pop artists ever to grace a recording studio.īut it hasn’t always been a love-in with Montreal’s most famous musical export. ![]()
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