CANADIAN singer-songwriter and artist Leonard Cohen has died at the age of 82.

Best known for his song ‘Hallelujah’, the novelist and poet’s death has been met with an outpouring of grief with singers, songwriters and public figures alike paying tribute to the legendary artist.

His son Adam announced: “My father passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles with the knowledge that he had completed what he felt was one of his greatest records. He was writing up until his last moments with his unique brand of humour.”