Longtime Lennon-Ono insider Elliot Mintz writing memoir
Elliot Mintz, a longtime insider with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, will launch a memoir subsequent yr that may weave in behind-the-scenes moments with the well-known couple
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Elliot Mintz, a longtime insider with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, will launch a memoir subsequent yr that may weave in behind-the-scenes moments with the well-known couple.
The U.S. writer Dutton and British writer Transworld introduced the take care of Mintz, who first met Lennon and Ono within the early Nineteen Seventies and remained near Ono after Lennon’s homicide in 1980. The guide is at present untitled.
“I’ve waited fifty years to share my experiences with Yoko and John,” Mintz, 78, mentioned in an announcement Tuesday. That is the chance of a lifetime. It’s a privilege to share my odyssey and embrace the reader in intimate portrayal of my two dearest mates.”
Mintz, a spokesperson and radio and tv host, has labored on numerous Lennon-Ono tasks through the years, together with internet hosting the radio documentary collection “The Misplaced Lennon Tapes,” which featured unreleased recordings by the late musician. He has additionally served as a spokesperson for quite a few different celebrities, from Bob Dylan to Paris Hilton.