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Aug 3, 2016 · Norwegian filmmaker Jan Christian Mollestad was a good friend of Marianne Ihlen — the woman who inspired Leonard Cohen's "So long, Marianne." Mollestad was with her during her final days. And...
Dec 5, 2018 · Ihlen’s friend who brokered this final exchange with Cohen was film-maker Jan Christian Mollestad. Within days of Ihlen’s passing, Canada’s national English-language broadcaster, CBC radio, had...
Nov 11, 2016 · CBC Radio spoke to Ms Ihlen's close friend Jan Christian Mollestad, a documentary filmmaker, who had broken the news to Cohen that she was dying and had received his letter in return to read to...
- Clarisse Loughrey
Aug 2, 2016 · 2nd August 2016. Leonard Cohen has paid tribute to Marianne Ihlen, the woman who inspired ‘So Long Marianne’ who died last week. Writing on Facebook, Cohen asked that this letter to him from Jan...
Aug 8, 2016 · Documentarian Jan Christian Mollestad, a longtime friend of Ihlen’s, spoke with CBC and explained how she sent him a text recently to say that she was dying of leukemia. He hurried to the 81-year-old’s bedside and sent a message to Cohen to inform him of Ihlen’s situation.
- Mike Crisolago
Aug 7, 2016 · Her close friend Jan Christian Mollestad got in touch with Cohen to tell him Ihlen was dying. READ MORE. “It took only two hours and in came this beautiful letter from Leonard to Marianne. We...
Aug 8, 2016 · Jan Christian Mollestad, a documentary filmmaker, informed Cohen of Ihlen’s ill health and the legendary singer-songwriter responded two hours later with a letter, which Mollestad...
