LEONARD COHEN SHRUGS OFF LOSS OF ESTATE TO FORMER MGR WITH GRAMMY AWARD, SOLD OUT VENUES

Regular readers of this blog are well aware that the singer, songwriter, and 60’s icon Leonard Cohen suffered a financial blow in his 70’s that would have relegated most of us to the fetal position—if not a lifetime of food stamps: the loss of his entire $6 million retirement nest-egg to his former manager, against whom the music legend has a completely uncollectible $7.9 million judgment.

But unlike the rest of us, let alone the pool of former music greats who now languish in obscurity, Cohen deftly landed on his feet with a multi-year, international, wildly successful and critically acclaimed world tour—coming back more popular than ever, more financially secure than ever.

What could be a more fitting emblem of the comeback story of the decade that the lifetime achievement award presented to Leonard Cohen at the Grammy Awards last Sunday, next to Cohen’s (posthumous) co-award recipient Michael Jackson?

Congratulations Leonard Cohen, you are awesome!

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