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Leonard Cohen was gifted with rare songwriting talents. Still, like all top writers, he received more than a little help along the way from the people he encountered who ended up inspiring his work.

Wicked,” part one of the cinematic adaptation of Broadway’s best-selling show of all time, opens in theaters today. The ...