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[edit] weight

135# is normal weight for 5'11", it's a BMI of 19

Some say Lennon was closer to 5'9", check www.celebheights.com.

[edit] Political views

I've edited the section about Lennon's supposedly right-leaning politics at the end of his life. This material wasn't sourced (what were these interviews where he supposedly expressed conservative opinions?) and it seems highly unlikely he became a Reagan supporter given his clashes with conservatives throughout the '70s, particularly over his immigration status. Fred Seaman is also a rather unreliable witness, and I think i've made clear with the facts from the NY Times story.Multiverse 11:19, 20 June 2006 (UTC)Multiverse

Right on, Multiverse. Does anyone know that Lennon and Yoko were supposed to fly to California to take part in a protest against Reagan on December the 9th? Interesting, huh? (Fenton Bressler book)

[edit] Ban on "Sunday Bloody Sunday"

Really? Banned on every radio station in the world? College radio? Internet radio? Pirate Radio? Ham radio? Shouldn't this be just deleated altogether? It's not really important or it can be rolled into another catagory and mention something like, "the song remains controversial." Freshacconci

[edit] Musician/songwriter/composer

"On Lennon's posthumous compilation album Acoustic, a demo recording of the song "God" contains the lines "I just believe in me/And that's reality". This lyric was changed to "I just believe in me/Yoko and me/And that's reality" when the song was included on the Plastic Ono Band album. It has been suggested that the change of the song's lyrics was due to Ono's persuasion of Lennon."

This is typical Yoko-bashing (and pretty insulting to Lennon--he was so weak-willed that he did whatever Yoko told him to, even if he didn't agree). Anyway, composers change words all the time, for lots of reasons. It probably reflected how he really felt on reflection. Suggested by who? Yoko-haters who assume this. Freshacconi