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Marianne Christine Stang Ihlen (Norwegian: [mɑrɪˈɑ̂nːə ˈîːln̩]; 18 May 1935 – 28 July 2016) was a Norwegian woman who was the first wife of author Axel Jensen and later the muse and girlfriend of Leonard Cohen for several years in the 1960s.
Jun 27, 2019 · Marianne Ihlen met the songwriter while on the Greek island of Hydra. By Jim Farber. Published on June 27, 2019 12:00PM EDT. Photo: Courtesy of Roadside Attractions. More than 50 years...
Aug 3, 2016 · The woman who was Leonard Cohen's muse and inspired songs like "Bird on a Wire" and "So Long, Marianne" has died. Marianne Ihlen passed away on July 29th. She was 81 years old.
Aug 9, 2022 · A new documentary about the son of Marianne Ihlen, the Canadian singer/songwriter’s girlfriend and muse, portrays a man who has spent most of his life in psychiatric care since his bohemian youth
Jul 13, 2019 · On a sunny day in April he set foot for the first time on the tiny island of Hydra. Within a few days he had met a young Norwegian woman named Marianne Ihlen, who would become the love of his...
Aug 13, 2016 · Born: 18 May 1935 in Larkollen, Norway. Died: 29 July, 2016, in Oslo, aged 81. Marianne Ihlen became immortalized through Leonard Cohen’s classic 1967 track So Long Marianne, in which...
Nov 15, 2016 · In 1960, Leonard Cohen moved to the Greek island of Hydra where he met Marianne Ihlen — a 23-year-old Norwegian, and so began a romance that would later become immortalized in song.
Dec 11, 2019 · Nick Broomfield’s latest documentary, Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love tells the story of the fabled relationship between Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen, which unfolded...
Aug 19, 2016 · Marianne Ihlen, who has died aged 81, was the muse and sometime lover of the tormented Canadian balladeer, Leonard Cohen; he described her as “perfect” and “the most beautiful...
Aug 4, 2016 · Leonard Cohen’s muse Marianne Ihlen dies at age 81. Ihlen and Cohen met on the Greek island of Hydra in the 1960s when they were in their early 20s. The song “So Long, Marianne” was on his ...
