Since the news of Canadian songwriter Leonard Cohen's death broke on History Movies | Adult Movies OnlineThursday night, tributes have been pouring in on social media.

Alongside the lyrics and favourite quotes, the letter Cohen sent to his former partner Marianne Ihlen -- and the response he received -- were shared on Twitter by the account Letters of Note on Friday morning.

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Here's the deeply moving letter Cohen sent to Ihlen -- who he lived with for a period in the '60s, and who inspired his 1967 song "So long, Marianne" -- shortly before her death in July 2016.

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Here's the reply Cohen received:

Following Cohen's passing, the words in his letter are heartbreakingly prescient:

"Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine."

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