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Singer, musician and poet Leonard Cohen has died at the age of 82, according to an announcement made on the artist's official Facebook page. The statement reads, "It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away. We have lost one of music's most revered and prolific visionaries."Cohen, born in Quebec, Canada in 1934, produced work spanning five decades and is rightly considered one of the most influential singer-songwriters of his generation. While he will be best remembered as a folk artist, synonymous with growling vocals and acoustic guitar, he also enjoyed a hugely successful turn to synthesized, electronic production on 1988's I'm Your Man—an album many regard to among his best work. Tom Waits once said of the album: "Important songs, meditative, authoritative, and Leonard is a poet, an Extra Large one."He released his last album, You Want It Darker, last month (October, 2016). A New Yorker profile written in conjunction with the record's release revealed the singer to be in ill health—during the interview he even said, "I am ready to die. I hope it's not too uncomfortable. That's about it for me."A memorial for Cohen will take place in Los Angeles at a later date. The family have asked their privacy be respected.News via Sony Music Canada.