disaster. when wasn t in drug sessions with producer phil specter recording an album of 50s oldies recording rock and roll most of his time was spent in clubs where he was rejected for drunken behavior. it was a low point in his life. he drank too much. if there was anything negative i could say about my old pal, john lennon was a lousy drinker. although his former assistant had become his girlfriend yoko remained foremost in his mind. his only wish and only desire was to get back to the only woman he ever loved in his life which was yoko ono. i needed to be with her and could not literally survive without her. i just went to pieces. intent on getting back with yoko, john returned to new york and the couple reconciled in
and i then i looked at her and i said oh, man, this is yoko o ono. aapproximately 11:10 or 11:15 that evening john lennon was pronounced dead. and then dr. lynn had to face a wife and tell her that her husband was dead. i said to her i have bad news for you, your husband has died in spite of all of our resuscitative efforts. her response was strong and immediate and it was no, it can t be, you re lying, tell me it s not true, he s not dead. she was literally lying on the floor of the emergency department then concrete banging her head against the floor. i put my hand behind her head for fear that she in fact was going to injure herself. i picked her up and i held her and i said what about shawn, you know, do you want him to see this on television or do you want to tell him, you know. and she came out of it. she said i got to get home to
anything. he was lying on a bed facing the door where i was no clothes on and i remember seeing a lot of blood. a lot of blood. he was lifeless. had no pulse, no blood pressure. not breathing. dr. steven lynn led his team in a feverish attempt to save john lennon s life. we opened the chest and found that all of the blood vessels leaving the heart had basically been totally destroyed. i literally held his heart in my hand and we pumped it but it was clear that whatever we did there was no way that we were going to be able to repair the blood vessels. coming down the hallway is an asian woman on the arms of a cop and looked like yoko ono to me. i realized i had to get to a phone. officer tony palma was with yoko ono. my partner came into the waiting room and says you know
anything. he was lying on a bed facing the door where i was no clothes on and i remember seeing a lot of blood. a lot of blood. he was lifeless. had no pulse, no blood pressure. not breathing. dr. steven lynn led his team in a feverish attempt to save john lennon s life. we opened the chest and found that all of the blood vessels leaving the heart had basically been totally destroyed. i literally held his heart in my hand and we pumped it but it was clear that whatever we did there was no way that we were going to be able to repair the blood vessels. coming down the hallway is an asian woman on the arms of a cop and looked like yoko ono to me. i realized i had to get to a phone. officer tony palma was with yoko ono. my partner came into the waiting room and says you know it is john lennon we brought it
it is john lennon we brought it and i then i looked at her and i said oh, man, this is yoko o ono. aapproximately 11:10 or 11:15 that evening john lennon was pronounced dead. and then dr. lynn had to face a wife and tell her that her husband was dead. i said to her i have bad news for you, your husband has died in spite of all of our resuscitative efforts. her response was strong and immediate and it was no, it can t be, you re lying, tell me it s not true, he s not dead. she was literally lying on the floor of the emergency department then concrete banging her head against the floor. i put my hand behind her head for fear that she in fact was going to injure herself. i picked her up and i held her and i said what about shawn, you know, do you want him to see this on television or do you want to tell him, you know. and she came out of it. she said i got to get home to