Attention Newspapers & Blogs: Leonard Cohen Turned 74 On 9/21/2008
Recently, a plethora of articles and posts have reported Leonard Cohen’s age as 73. Such is the case for this otherwise competently written story in the 11/26/2008 Oxford Times, the first paragraph of which follows:
FIRST he took Glastonbury, then he took Birmingham. But if Leonard Cohen’s ability to blow away the giant crowd at the summer’s biggest open air festival at the age of 73 came as a slight surprise, his string of arena concerts this winter before true believers were always going to be emotional celebrations of a remarkable career. [emphasis mine]
Leonard Cohen was born 21 September 1934. Hire a proofreader. Buy a calculator.
