[約翰] Tearful Yoko Ono talks about John Lennon exhibit
By JOHN CARUCCI, Associated Press Writer John Carucci, Associated Press Writer
– 59 mins ago
NEW YORK – A new John Lennon exhibit is particularly emotional for his widow,
Yoko Ono. Besides Lennon's guitars, letters and other personal effects, it
also includes a paper bag containing the bloody clothes from the night he was
shot to death.
Ono received the items from the medical examiner in December 1980, when the
former Beatle was gunned down in New York City at age 40.
"It was hard to include," Ono said. "And I thought it might be criticized as
well."
But ultimately, Ono thought it was important to let people see the effects of
gun violence.
The Lennon items are part of a new exhibit that will launch Tuesday at the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex. "John Lennon: The New York Years" includes
Lennon's famous New York City T-shirt, his upright piano from his Dakota
apartment, and a posthumous 1981 Grammy Award for the couple's album "Double
Fantasy."
"I know it's a kind of a sad and very poignant kind of paradox I think that he
loved this place so much and this is where he was killed," she said in an
interview after a news conference for the exhibit.
There are also letters documenting Lennon's long-fought battle against
deportation in the early 1970s, both from the government and supporters. Glass
cases also contain a dozen or so handwritten lyrics.
Ono says Lennon's death still haunts her nearly 30 years later: "I still get
affected by it."
"If it (his death) was a slow a process we could have talked about it or
something," she added, holding back tears.
The exhibit will be on display throughout 2009.
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