--- title: Leonard Cohen's Son Wrote an Emotional Tribute to His Father description: Leonard Cohen's son, singer and songwriter Adam Cohen, penned an heartwarming tribute to his legendary father after Cohen's death. canonical: https://time.com/4569731/leonard-cohen-son-tribute/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-14T16:45:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:39.116Z og:title: Leonard Cohen's Son Wrote an Emotional Tribute to his Father og:description: "There's so much I wish I could thank him for, just one last time" og:url: https://time.com/4569731/leonard-cohen-son-tribute/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Leonard Cohen's Son Wrote an Emotional Tribute to his Father twitter:description: "There's so much I wish I could thank him for, just one last time" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Read Leonard Cohen's Son's Emotional 'Thank You' to His Father: 'For the Wisdom he Dispensed'  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 14, 2016 4:45 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 14, 2016 4:45 PM UTC [Leonard Cohen’s](http://time.com/4567693/leonard-cohen-hallelujah-history/) son, singer-songwriter Adam Cohen, took to Instagram Sunday night to pen a [heartwarming tribute](http://time.com/4567609/leonard-cohen-tributes/) to his father, following the [elder 82-year-old Cohen’s passing last Thursday](http://time.com/4569026/saturday-night-live-snl-donald-trump-review/). In the tribute, Cohen described the many life lessons that he learned from his remarkable father and what he would thank his father for if he had one more opportunity to talk to him. “There’s so much I wish I could thank him for, just one last time,” Cohen wrote. “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.” Cohen closed by thanking those who had sent sympathy notes and kind messages following his father’s passing. Read the full tribute below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4569731/leonard-cohen-son-tribute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4569731/leonard-cohen-son-tribute/"},"headline":"Read Leonard Cohen's Son's Emotional 'Thank You' to His Father: 'For the Wisdom he Dispensed'","datePublished":"2016-11-14T16:45:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:39.116Z","description":"\"There's so much I wish I could thank him for, just one last time\"","url":"https://time.com/4569731/leonard-cohen-son-tribute/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","celebrity","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4569731/leonard-cohen-son-tribute/","name":"Read Leonard Cohen's Son's Emotional 'Thank You' to His Father: 'For the Wisdom he Dispensed'"}}]}] ```