September 3, 2009
In 1969, when he was 14 years old, Jerry Levitan sauntered past a row
of reporters lined outside John Lennon's Toronto hotel room, knocked on
the door, and convinced his favorite Beatle to give him a short
interview. Mr. Lennon was about to swaddle himself in bedsheets and
conduct his Montreal Bed-In for Peace with Yoko, and the press was
eager for him to settle rumors about a possible Beatles break-up and
make a public comment about the Vietnam War.
In his 40-minute interview with Mr. Levitan, Mr. Lennon said peace was
in the hands of the people and they had the power to overturn
government warmongering. Mr. Levitan recorded the conversation on an
old reel-to-reel tape machine and showed it off to friends at school
and the local news station. But he mostly kept it to himself.
Click www.observer.com for the whole story.
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