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Marianne Christine Stang Ihlen (Norwegian: [mɑrɪˈɑ̂nːə ˈîːln̩]; 18 May 1935 – 28 July 2016) [nb 1] 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. [5]
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 7, 2016 · Leonard Cohen penned an emotional final letter to Marianne Ihlen, the woman who inspired his “So Long, Marianne” and “Bird on the Wire,” just days before her July 29th death, Ihlen’s friend Jan...
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
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.
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...