A curious thing happened to Leonard Cohen after he retired from performing in 1993: He became a legend.

But it didn't happen overnight for this enormously influential Canadian singer-songwriter, who may very well be pop music's most celebrated Jewish Zen Buddhist — and, at 74, one of its most enigmatic poet laureates.

And it didn't happen by design for Cohen, who — to his obvious astonishment — was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame early last year in ...

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