Leonard Cohen’s son remembered his father as a mixture of “self-deprecation and dignity,” who combined “approachable elegance… charisma without audacity (and) old-world gentlemanliness,” in a heartfelt tribute on social media.

In a Facebook post, Adam Cohen thanked the Montreal icon for bestowing a love of Montreal and Greece upon him and for encouraging him to make his own music.

He also thanked the public for the outpouring of messages and sympathy since the legendary poet and songwriter died on Monday in Los Angeles at the age of 82. He was buried in Montreal on Thursday in a traditional Jewish service.