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Life of a ladies' man

The poet, icon and new grandfather spends a lazy afternoon over wine, cheese and cherry pie talking to Sarah Hampson about his nostalgia for free love, his failure as a junkie, his lonely nights at the Buddhist monastery and the secret to finding romantic contentment at 72. ‘I'm not interested,' he says, ‘in taking off my clothes with a woman right now.'


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Earlier Reviews 

Now playing: Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man **½

The sin of flawed worship


Honours 

Cohen, Murray, Vigneault make Hall of Fame

Twenty-six songs and five songwriters will be honoured

Emotional Cohen enters hall of fame

'You have been so good to me over the years, my heart is full of gratitude.'

Leonard Cohen receives Canada's highest honour

Singer/poet among 100 new appointments to the Order of Canada


More from the archives 

Cohen drawn back into the spotlight

Financial woes, betrayal push Leonard Cohen into “incessant work”

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Music industry: 'Staggering losses' prompt Cohen to sue

Songwriter-poet says he's the victim of a 'tragedy'

Cohen goin' broke

Leonard Cohen says his retirement savings are depleted

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