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Lennon sculture in Havana, Cuba

You can take your picture with John Lennon in Havana, but don’t mess with his glasses

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A statue of John Lennon has been seated on a bench in a Havana park for the last 13 years. Problem was, Lennon’s circular glasses kept getting stolen — that is, until an aging Cuban man became his guardian.

Peace, love, lyrics and loot

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Yoko Ono on Disaster and Hope in Japan

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John Lennon Quotes and Memories from Reporter Tom Brook

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John Lennon: ‘Nowhere Boy’ to ‘Nowhere Man’

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Peace, love, lyrics and loot

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Today, Christie’s auctions a memento from John Lennon: his scrawled lyrics for ?Give Peace a Chance.? Lennon gave the page to then-16-year-old Gail Renard in 1969 after she and a friend climbed up a fire escape to see him and Yoko Ono during their Montreal ?bed-in.?

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