Anthony Cox

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Anthony Cox was a jazz musician, film producer, and art promoter. He married Yoko Ono on November 28, 1962. The marriage was annulled on March 1, 1963, but they re-married on June 6. They were finally divorced on February 2, 1969. Their daughter, Kyoko Chan Cox, was born on August 8, 1963.

After a bitter legal battle, Ono was awarded permanent custody of Kyoko. However, in 1971 Cox, who had become a Christian fundamentalist after his divorce from Ono, vanished with Kyoko in violation of the custody order. Ono and her daughter were reunited in 1998.