Leonard Cohen funeral news: Cohen laid to rest in Montreal 'exactly as he'd asked,' son Adam writes

Leonard Cohen's son has written a heartfelt letter following his father's burial in Montreal on Thursday.

In a letter published on his Facebook page on Monday, Nov. 13, singer/songwriter Adam Cohen informed his late father's fans that he and and his sister Lorca had just buried their dad in Montreal. The burial, which he said was exactly as the elder man wanted, was attended by immediate family and a few of Cohen's lifelong friends. According to Adam, his father was lowered to the ground in an unadorned pine box and was laid to rest beside his mother and father.

"As I write this I'm thinking of my father's unique blend of self-deprecation and dignity, his approachable elegance, his charisma without audacity, his old-world gentlemanliness and the hand-forged tower of his work," Adam wrote.

"There's so much I wish I could thank him for, just one last time," he added. "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," he continued.

Adam also wrote that he wanted to thank his father for teaching him to love Montreal and Greece, for sharing his music, encouraging him to make his own music, and for the privilege of making music together. He concluded the letter by thanking everyone for their love for his father and for the outpouring of sympathy following the celebrated singer/poet's death.

Cohen, the man behind the beloved songs "Hallelujah," "Suzanne," "The Stranger Song," "Sisters of Mercy," and "Winter Lady," passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 7, in Los Angeles. He was 82.

A private burial was held at the Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery on Thursday, Nov. 10. The cemetery is in Montreal's Westmount neighborhood, where the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was born and raised. Cohen's grave is reportedly unmarked.

"Leonard's wish was to be laid to rest in a traditional Jewish rite beside his parents, grandparents and great-grandparents," Rabbi Adam Scheier and Cantor Gideon Zelermyer said in a statement.