Iconic songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen has passed away at age 82, according to reports Thursday. Here, he poses in Amsterdam in April 1972. Gijsbert Hanekroot/Getty Images Cohen performs during the first night of the 47th Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, on July 4, 2013. Valentin Flauraud / Reuters After his comeback albums in 1988 and 1992, Cohen disappeared from the music business, living for a time at a Zen monastery and wrote poetry for a decade. DENIZE Alain/Getty Images French photographer Dominique Issermann on the beach with Cohen during the filming of a music clip. Eric Préau/Getty Images Cohen in Amsterdam in April 1972. Gijsbert Hanekroot/Getty Images Cohen performs at the Glastonbury Festival 2008 in England in June 2008. Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images Honorees Cohen, Taylor Swift and Martin Bandier attend the 41st Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony in June 2010 in New York City. Larry Busacca/Getty Images Cohen pictured in Germany. Ullstein Bild/Getty Images Cohen performs in Berlin at O2 World. Eamonn McCabe/Getty Images Cohen performs on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in April 1993. NBC/Getty Images Cohen attends the Prince of Asturias Awards 2011 ceremony in Oviedo, Spain, in October 2011. Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images Cohen live at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in 1979. Terry Lott/Getty Images Cohen onstage at the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970. Michael Putland/Getty Images Cohen performing at the Musikhalle in Hamburg, Germany in May 1970. K & K Ulf Kruger OHG/Getty Images Cohen in June 1974. Michael Putland/Getty Images Cohen live onstage at De Doelen, a concert venue in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Rob Verhorst/Getty Images Cohen poses as he launches his album Old Ideas at Hotel Crillon in January 2012 in Paris. David Wolff - Patrick/Getty Images Cohen and Jennifer Warnes with unidentified friends perform live at the Greek Theatre in 1983 in Berkeley, California. Richard McCaffrey Cohen performs at the Glastonbury Festival 2008 in England. Luke MacGregor / Reuters Cohen at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival at a showing of documentary Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man at the Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood. John Sciulli/Getty Images Cohen performing in Berlin at O2 World. Ullstein Bild/Getty Images