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- NAME: Yoko Ono
- OCCUPATION: Anti-War Activist, Artist, Singer
- BIRTH DATE: February 18, 1933 (Age: 80)
- EDUCATION: The Peers School (The Gakushuin School), Sarah Lawrence College
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Tokyo, Japan
- ZODIAC SIGN: Aquarius
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Yoko Ono is a multimedia artist who became known worldwide in the 1960s when she married Beatles front man John Lennon.
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A short biography of John Lennon, from his superstardom with the Beatles to his fame as a solo artist and social activist, to his marriage to Yoko Ono. In 1980, Lennon was gunned down by Mark David Chapman.
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When he returned to the spotlight in 1980, Lennon was shot by a deranged fan, Mark David Chapman, only a few feet from Ono. Sean Lennon has grown up to a well-known musician in his own right.
Since Lennon's death, Ono has continued her career, recording albums, performing concert tours and composing two off-Broadway musicals. She exhibited her art internationally,
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and the first U.S. retrospective of her work opened in New York City in 2002.
Ono has also continued to honor Lennon's memory with a number of different projects. On October 9, 2002, she inaugurated the Lennon Ono Grant for Peace Prize to commemorate what would have been Lennon's 62nd birthday. On Lennon's birthday in 2007, she unveiled the Imagine Peace Tower on Videy, an island in Iceland. This outdoor artwork, created by Ono, represents her and Lennon's commitment to world peace.
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