A personal and revealing look at the last ten years of John Lennon’s life and his partnership with Yoko Ono, written by the friend who knew them bestIn 1972, Elliot Mintz installed a red light in his bedroom in Laurel Canyon. When it started flashing, it meant that either John Lennon or Yoko Ono—or sometimes both—were calling him. Which they did almost every day for nearly ten years, engaging Mintz in hours-long late-night phone conversations that all but consumed ...

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 ruft 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 Se...

Um olhar privilegiado sobre a última década de vida de John Lennon e sua relação com Yoko Ono, pelo amigo que mais conviveu com o casal.“Elliot foi nosso melhor amigo e é um grande contador de histórias.” – Sean Ono Lennon“O relato lúcido e compassivo de uma amizade entre pessoas extraordinárias.” – Goldmine MagazineEm 1972, o jovem radialista Elliot Mintz instalou em seu quarto uma luz vermelha. Quando ela...

Brought to you by Penguin.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, Jo...

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 S...

A personal and revealing look at the last ten years of John Lennon’s life and his partnership with Yoko Ono, written by the friend who knew them bestIn 1972, Elliot Mintz installed a red light in his bedroom in Laurel Canyon. When it started flashing, it meant that either John Lennon or Yoko Ono—or sometimes both—were calling him. Which they did almost every day for nearly ten years, engaging Mintz in hours-long late-night phone conversations that all but consumed ...

Mintz, to the best of my recollection, first came to my attention for his close ties to John Lennon and Yoko Ono throughout the 1970s and for his continued presence as a media consultant for Yoko following John’s murder.He first entered their sphere as a TV reporter for KABC Channel 7 in Los Angeles where a 1971 interview he conducted with Ono went so well and was perceived as unusually fair that Lennon agreed to be interviewed.But while most people who lived through this era will remember...