The Beatles split in 1970 John Lennon began working on his solo music. Between writing and recording albums alongside his wife, Yoko Ono, in the Plastic Ono Band, he was also fighting for peace and justice.
In mid-1973, however, disaster struck the couple. Ono claimed she "needed a rest . . . needed space". To combat this, Lennon started a relationship with his assistant, May Pang.
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