Lennon in person

On August 3,1980 I attended a wedding in NY and was told by someone I met that John Lennon walks by the corner of 72nd and Central Park West every Monday at noon when he's in NY. The next morning, a Monday, I bought the Imagine album and stood on the corner with a friend at 11:45. No John. At 1:45, the friend left. Finally, at 3:45 I saw John approaching with an elderly man. My hands began to shake, and when I asked John to sign the album, he asked me how long I'd been waiting. I said four hours and he replied, "Then I'll have to sign, won't I?". He had the beginnings of a new beard and signed his name as a mustache, then scribbled in a beard and said, "That's more like it now, wouldn't you say?". I thought I would pass out from the heat and from being in the presence of half of the greatest song writing team that ever lived.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on September 27, 2014 at 12:36am

thats still cool no unfortunately paul rocks

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Permalink Reply by James on September 27, 2014 at 12:56am

That is as good as it gets! Both the story and the autograph. In my world, the three best autographs to own are (all being essentially equal): Babe Ruth, John F. Kennedy, and John Lennon. Again, they're all equal in my eyes. I have the first two. I can only IMAGINE having the last one.