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A personal and revealing look at the last 10 years of John Lennon’s life and his partnership with Yoko Ono, written by the friend who knew them best, publicist and music industry insider Elliot Mintz. From the moment he interviewed Yoko Ono on his late night radio show in September 1971, Elliot Mintz’s life would never the same again. That phone call would lead him to an intense and revealing friendship with Yoko and her husband, John Lennon, until John’s untimely death in 1980, and beyond, to the present day.

Em 1972, o jovem radialista Elliot Mintz instalou em seu quarto uma luz vermelha. Quando ela piscava, em geral tarde da noite, era sinal de que John Lennon, Yoko Ono ou ambos queriam falar com ele. Raras vezes Mintz deixou de atender: em geral, ele pegava o telefone e dava início a longas conversas que entravam pela madrugada. Foi assim durante quase dez anos, até o assassinato de Lennon, em 1980. A proximidade com Yoko prosseguiu, mesmo marcada pela tragédia.

1972 installierte Elliot Mintz ein rotes Licht in seinem Schlafzimmer im kalifornischen Laurel Canyon. Wenn es zu blinken begann, wusste er: John Lennon oder Yoko Ono rufen an. Über einen Zeitraum von fast zehn Jahren telefonierten sie täglich miteinander, oft stundenlang. Elliot Mintz wurde zum engsten Vertrauten eines der öffentlichsten Paare der Welt. Er begleitete Yoko und John durch gute und schwierige Zeiten. Und er war in den Stunden, Tagen und Wochen nach Johns Ermordung an Yokos Seite.