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Leonard Cohen Collapses on Stage

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Singer-songwriter takes a fall in Spain.

A week before turning 75, Leonard Cohen collapsed while performing a concert in Spain. Organizers said the singer-songwriter fainted on stage after suffering food poisoning. About half-way through the show, while Cohen was singing his hit, “Bird on the Wire,” he fell into his back-up singers, only to fall again moments later. He was taken the hospital and released hours later.

Read it at The Daily Telegraph