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An American lawyer who fought a years-long battle within the Seventies to stop John Lennon from being deported from the US has died aged 90.Leon Wildes, whose well being had been declining since he suffered a collection of strokes, died on Monday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, his household mentioned. His identify turned a part of musical and political historical past after, in 1972, he bought concerned within the case involving Lennon and Yoko Ono, who wanted assist getting their visas prolonged.He finally succeeded, changing into a hero amongst Beatles followers. Image: John Lennon in New York in 1968. Pic: Ap 'No thought who they're' Mr Wildes agreed to satisfy with the couple on the Manhattan workpla...

"Our disc jockeys are husband substitutes," Annie Nightingale was instructed when she knocked on Radio 1's door following it is launch in 1967. So why on Earth, they stated, would a girl would need to be a part of the airwaves?"They were bewildered," Nightingale instructed Desert Island Disc's presenter Lauren Laverne, throughout her look on the much-loved radio present in 2020. The male bosses had been bewildered, however Nightingale was decided. Not solely was she the primary girl to affix the station, in 1970 - remaining the one feminine host till Janice Long's arrival 12 years later - she was additionally its longest-serving broadcaster, male or feminine, nonetheless on air till late final yr with Annie Nightingale presents... Image:...