Formidable in both the sacred and the mundane.

Cohens daughter, Lorca, and Wainwright and are friends and entered a parenting partnership.

Lorca Cohen gave birth to one of Leonard Cohens two grandchildren in 2011:Viva, now 5.

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Wainwright also credited Cohen for his positive influence.

He continued: But its ok, its all in the music.

Farewell Leonard, we need you now up there as much as we did down here.

Read Wainwrights full statement below.

Formidable in both the sacred and the mundane.

And credit them with grabbing hold and shifting the direction of the restless path my life has always taken.

But its ok, its all in the music.

Farewell Leonard, we need you now up there as much as we did down here.

Love always, Rufus.

*horses are measured in hands.