I think the reason it felt unexpected was that he was reportedly feeling better than he had been, and was working on various new projects. And so it seems that the fall had the final say in the matter, when it might have been the cancer at a later date.

The way Leonard collapsed while up on stage did seem fairly gentle a fall. He looked to be sitting down, then he slowly went forward and then down, perhaps landing on one of the many rugs he used to have on stage. I was in Valencia Violet, sat centre front with a bird's eye view of the situation as...

It's funny you linked to the terribly funny and touching toaster oven story -- although I remembered it being a plain toaster. But I too thought of it when I read Brian Johnson's account. So, we both have toasters on the brain. As for head injuries, they are tricky. One can be lucid one moment then ...

Hi Geoffrey. You could check public records, since deaths are recorded. That will at least establish the official cause of death, the time and place. You may have to check LA and Montreal since there seems to be some conflict as to just where he died. Unless someone here has such information and is ...

Thanks, Geoffrey.

New Year's greetings to you, and all here.

Hi Violet, my dear Geoffrey hallo til deg også, I am bit a surprised with the mention of the "a coma that lasted a month", I am not sure you have seen that short video clip that Adam posted on his wall and 2 days after, if not day after, was taken and vanished from all the other places. t...

while writing, i would like to thank the lady called 'violet' for a superb message written from a "snow-covered mountain". she prioritised contributing to this thread above preparing a christmas day dinner - and that is something i will remember for a long time :-) That's sweet of you to ...

This is not specifically a response to you, Cindee, but as regards this topic overall. I suggest that what is right is not about one's personal preferences or needs. A factual representation of Leonard Cohen's death is just that. It defies what one wants or needs. If the public is not allowed such f...

Hi Geoffrey. I've had similar questions, and thought to post this now since it might lend itself to the cause of having your request answered. As to its being a personal or private matter, as some here have claimed, this is a public figure, as well as someone we all cared about here, and so an accur...

Eija & Jarkko:

I like the ice crystal. It's got pain in it, as well as beauty.

A peaceful holiday to all here.

Violet

It occured to me that the "you" in the song could be the audience or the listeners of the song. Like this, LC is breaking the fourth wall: a performance convention in which an invisible, imagined wall separates actors from the audience. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall Hi Alf...

Hi Joe. You're right, I do have a bit more on It Seemed The Better Way. Lament would reasonably be part of the experience of the character given the multiple losses, inclusive of a perceived falling from higher spiritual ground, accompanying what began with "love" and then changed to "...

Joe and Doron, I am considering all that's being discussed. Meanwhile, the turn of the conversation with Vikki and Steven's posts seems a variant of what I was attempting to express earlier in the thread: .. in this sense, “It’s not the truth today” may not be as final a verdict as it first appears,...

Hi Doron, Thank you for your response to all this. In other of my notes that I did not include, I too listed many of the same sources LC used for his writing, and for the same reason: to indicate that the Kabbalah is one of many. This got left out since I thought to let the excerpted material speak ...

Hi Joe. I know I've heard of the Cloud of Unknowing. .. as I start reading it I feel to know where it's heading.. but I get lost in abstraction eventually. It would be interesting to see what Doron might have to offer on that. As to this Neo-Sabbatean mysticism (as per the Wikipedia entry I cited), ...