Influential singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen has died at age 82

Sony Music Canada confirmed Cohen's death on the singer's Facebook page. The cause of death has not been released. 

Cohen's best-known song, Hallelujah, written in 1984, spawned more than 100 recorded versions.

Cohen was born born Sept. 21, 1934, in Quebec, Canada. He learned guitar as a teenager and moved to the United States in 1967

to pursue music. 

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. 

Cohen released his last album, You Want It Darker, just three weeks ago.