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Yoko Ono

Pilloried by the press as the woman who broke up The Beatles, Yoko Ono's relationship with John Lennon led to a music career that pushed boundaries, caused controversy and, at times, completely baffled people. The daughter of a rich Japanese banker, Ono was raised in Tokyo but moved to New York after the Second World War and became involved in the City's conceptual art scene led by John Cage. Meeting Lennon when exhibiting her art in London, the pair recorded experimental album Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins (1968) in a night of passion, before marrying in 1969 and spending t...