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The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein’s personal copy of the first fully signed contract with John Lennon, George Harrison and Paul McCartney, is seen during a presentation in London, Wednesday Sept. 3, 2008. The document will be auctioned on Sept. 4 and is estimated to fetch 500,000 pounds (US$89,500; 61,500euro).
(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Imagine the most famous Beatle of all just walking into your church
By Carol Fleenor
Turner, Oregon
The bicyclist pedaled closer, his face unshaven, his eyes hidden beneath round wire-rimmed glasses. Hair spilled from his wide-brimmed hat. His clothes fluttered in the breeze. “How you doing?” he shouted, waving hello.
A hippie, I thought, dismissing him as I walked up the busy street with my family. He coasted past, vanishing down the road. Something about him
seemed familiar. A minute later another bicycle raced by: a Japanese woman, with long, curly hair—and an unmistakable face. “That’s Yoko Ono,” I said
to myself. Oh, my…That “hippie” had to be John Lennon. What are they doing here in Karuizawa?
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| August 2, 2008 | to | November 9, 2008 |
Yoko Ono’s post-Beatles-era career continues to flourish, and a piece of her art is headed to Pasadena this summer. Visitors will be invited to write their wishes on paper and hang them on the tree branches. The wishes from Pasadena will later be placed with others from all over the world and buried at the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland.
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