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Yoko Ono has been admitted to hospital with “flu-like symptoms”, her spokesperson says.

Elliot Mintz denied reports John Lennon’s widow had suffered a stroke.

He said Yoko Ono, 83, went to a New York hospital on the advice of her doctor and was expected to be discharged and return home later on Saturday.

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Yoko Ono was married to John Lennon until he was murdered in 1980 outside New York’s Dakota Building, where she still lives.

An ambulance was called to the building at 21:00 on February 26, a Fire Department spokesman said.

Yoko Ono is spending the night in Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan.

She’s “OK, and she should be home tomorrow (Saturday)” said Elliot Mintz, after speaking to someone with her at the hospital.

Yoko Ono’s son, Sean Ono Lennon, also tweeted that his mother was doing well: “Hey guys it was only rumors from press: was NOT a stroke, just dehydration/tired. She is FINE. Thank you everyone for your concern.”

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Charlie Chaplin’s iconic hat and cane that accented his costume in Little Tramp has sold for $62,500 at an auction in Los Angeles.

Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers said Charlie Chaplin’s trademark accessories were sold Sunday at an auction of Hollywood mementos.

Other notable items included a handwritten letter from John Lennon with a nude drawing of him and Yoko Ono. It went for $25,000.

A set of original photographs of Marilyn Monroe sold for $21,250 and a painting by Frank Sinatra went for $10,625.

Charlie Chaplin’s iconic hat and cane that accented his costume in Little Tramp has sold for $62,500 at an auction in Los Angeles

Charlie Chaplin’s iconic hat and cane that accented his costume in Little Tramp has sold for $62,500 at an auction in Los Angeles

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Sir Paul McCartney claims during a new TV interview that Yoko Ono was not responsible for splitting up The Beatles.

“She certainly didn’t break the group up,” tells Paul McCartney, 70, to Sir David Frost in an interview to be broadcast next month.

“I don’t think you can blame her for anything,” he says, claiming John Lennon was “definitely going to leave”.

His remarks challenge a school of thought that holds John Lennon’s widow responsible for the band’s separation.

Paul McCartney’s revelations feature in an hour-long interview with David Frost, 73, that will be aired on the Al Jazeera English TV channel in November.

The programme will also see the former Beatle claim that John Lennon, who died in 1980, would not have written his hit song Imagine without the conceptual artist’s influence.

Paul McCartney claims that Yoko Ono was not responsible for splitting up The Beatles

Paul McCartney claims that Yoko Ono was not responsible for splitting up The Beatles

“When Yoko came along, part of her attraction was her avantgarde side, her view of things,” Paul McCartney tells the veteran broadcaster.

“She showed him another way to be, which was very attractive to him. So it was time for John to leave.”

According to The Observer, the interview will see Paul McCartney muse on losing his mother at the age of 14 and the death of his first wife Linda in 1998.

The musician also discusses being a father and a grandfather, which he describes as “my coolest thing”.

Both Paul McCartney and John Lennon went on to forge successful solo careers after the Fab Four split up in 1970.

Earlier this month saw the 50th anniversary of The Beatles releasing their first single, Love Me Do, in 1962.

 

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John Lennon’s killer, Mark David Chapman, faces his seventh parole hearing later this week.

Mark David Chapman, now 57, was jailed for 20 years to life after he confessed to shooting the Beatles singer outside his New York apartment in 1980.

He has come up for parole every two years since 2000 and has been turned down each time. In 2010, officials said his release remained “inappropriate”.

A decision on whether to release Mark David Chapman will likely be made public by the end of the week, a prison spokeswoman said.

John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, faces his seventh parole hearing later this week

John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, faces his seventh parole hearing later this week

Mark David Chapman’s interviews with the parole board will take place at Wende Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in Alden, New York, where he is currently held.

He was transferred to the facility in May this year, where he was understood to have been placed in protective custody, though the reason was never made public.

In the past, John Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono is among those who have urged New York state officials to keep him behind bars, saying she fears for her own life and that of her two sons.

The former security guard, who has a history of mental illness, claims to have undergone a religious conversion while in prison.

On his last attempt at release – in September 2010 – Mark David Chapman is understood to have told the parole board he believed that “by killing John Lennon I would become somebody”.

“I wasn’t thinking clearly,” Mark David Chapman stated.

“I made a horrible decision to end another human being’s life, for reasons of selfishness.”

“I felt that by killing John Lennon I would become somebody and instead of that I became a murderer and murderers are not somebodies,” he said.

Denying parole at the time, the board cited his “disregard” for human life, adding: “This premeditated, senseless and selfish act of tragic consequence… leads to the conclusion that your discretionary release remains inappropriate at this time and incompatible with the welfare of the community.”

 

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