Yoko reveals it was Paul who saved her marriage to John

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Yoko reveals it was Paul who saved her marriage to John

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By Catherine Eade
9th October 2010

It became a legendary event in John Lennon's increasingly eccentric
life - famously known as 'the lost weekend'.

And now, on the day John Lennon fans around the world are celebrating
what would have been his 70th birthday, his widow, Yoko Ono, has
revealed what happened during those days when John disappeared with
their pretty personal assistant.

And despite a well known war of words with Beatle Paul McCartney,
Yoko credits Macca with actually saving their marriage.

John and Yoko had separated in the summer of 1973 after a period of
marital strife, and subsequently Lennon began a relationship with his
personal assistant May Pang - a collusion Pang says was entirely
orchestrated by Yoko.

Yoko continued to stay in touch with her errant husband but it was
not until they met backstage at an Elton John concert in November1974
that they became reconciled.

But the surprise element of the story is that Yoko reveals Paul
McCartney stepped in and brought the couple back together.

That the two were not on good terms and a feud developed after Lennon
left the Beatles is well known.

Yoko tells The Times: 'I want the world to know that it was a very
touching thing that he did for John.

'He was genuinely concerned about his old partner. Even though John
was not even asking for help - John, Paul, all of them were too proud
to ask anything - he helped. John often said he didn't understand why
Paul did this for us, but he did.'

As Yoko recounts, Paul and Linda McCartney visited her in New York
early in 1974, and they talked long into the night.

Paul asked Yoko what would make her take John back and she told him
that if John courted her she would perhaps consider it.

Paul then visited John in Los Angeles where he was living with May
Pang, and according to Yoko advised him on how to get Yoko back.

The fact that John immediately tried to court Yoko, and came back to
New York, was hugely important she says.

He made several attempts to woo her, including taking her to a Man
Ray exhibition and to see a film, after she watched him perform at
the Elton John concert and realised it could all begin again.

Less than a year after they were reunited their son Sean was born, on
John's birthday.

To mark what would have been John's 70th birthday Yoko is in Iceland
today to light the Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik bay's Videy Island.

She lights the Tower every year on the same day, sending a vast beam
of light shooting upwards into space, and it remains lit until
December 8, the day he was murdered by Mark Chapman outside the
Dakota building in New York where they lived.

Yoko also reveals that John preferred to celebrate her and their
son's birthdays rather than his own, explaining that they would
usually have a quiet, private party.

He was not happy about reaching 40, she added, but believed had he
reached 70 he would have been 'energetic and very wise and enjoying life'.

There are a number of Lennon anniversary celebrations, notably a
massive re-issue of solo Lennon material which Yoko personally remastered.

It is the largest project of its kind since the much-acclaimed
reissue of the Fab Four's catalog in 2009.

There will also be a concert in Japan on December 8, the day of his death.

The Dream Power Concert will have Japanese artists singing Lennon
songs and all the money will go towards schools in Africa, Asia and
South America.

Yoko is at pains to point out that Lennon's children enjoy a normal
relationship as brothers, and her and Sean were photographed recently
with Lennon's first wife, Cynthia and their son Julian at the
premiere of Nowhere Boy, the film about John's early days.

She ends the interview by saying that she feels John is still with
her, guiding her and giving her ideas. 'Yoko in her own words' will
be broadcast on Radio 6 at 8pm tomorrow.

Today, May Pang lives just outside New York City, and has two children.

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