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Several years ago, I did a small audio installation in Mick Jagger's home in Manhattan, and Mr. Jagger's assistant whom I was working with, was a former employee of John Lennon. He told me a story that is both amusing and unforgettable:
John Lennon lived on the Upper West Side for many years. Whenever he went out to do regular things, dressed like a regular person, he would get bombarded by people who had to get his autograph and speak with him. Sometimes he just wanted to read the newspaper in a coffee shop, just like everyone else. He finally figured out how to keep people away. He started to dress the way a John Lennon impersonator would dress; completely over the top. People just assumed that this was some pathetic guy who realized that he looked like John Lennon, and wanted to take advantage of this and get attention. Well, the joke was on those people because this really was John Lennon, and people were finally leaving him alone, and he was finally able to read the newspaper at a coffee shop in peace.
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