Leonard Cohen dead: Son Adam Pens Heartfelt Note On Father's Burial

Leonard Cohen’s son, Adam, penned a touching note about his father, who died earlier this week at the age of 82.

“My sister and I just buried my father in Montreal,” Adam wrote on Facebook Sunday. “With only immediate family and a few lifelong friends present, he was lowered into the ground in an unadorned pine box, next to his mother and father. Exactly as he’d asked.”

The Canadian singer was best known for songs like “Suzanne,” “Sisters of Mercy,” and — one he even admitted was overplayed — “Hallelujah.” According to a statement from Rabbi Adam Scheier to Rolling Stone, Leonard wanted to be buried “in a traditional Jewish rite beside his parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.”

“As I write this I’m thinking of my father’s unique blend of self-deprecation and dignity, his approachable elegance, his charisma without audacity, his old-world gentlemanliness and the hand-forged tower of his work,” Adam continued.

“There’s so much I wish I could thank him for, just one last time. I’d thank him for the comfort he always provided, for the wisdom he dispensed, for the marathon conversations, for his dazzling wit and humor. I’d thank him for giving me, and teaching me to love Montreal and Greece. And I’d thank him for music; first for his music which seduced me as a boy, then for his encouragement of my own music, and finally for the privilege of being able to make music with him. Thank you for your kind messages, for the outpouring of sympathy and for your love of my father.”

See Adam’s full note below.

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