LENNON BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE

Yoko Ono is to be guest presenter for a BBC Top Of The Pops special devoted to her late husband John Lennon to mark the 60th anniversary of his birth.

She will introduce classic songs and give an insight into his life with anecdotes and reminiscences.

The show, which will feature tracks such as "Give Peace A Chance" and "Instant Karma", will be screened on 27 September.

Lennon would have celebrated his 60th birthday on 9 October.

The tribute comes amid newspaper reports that Ono had plans to divorce Lennon the year he died. He was killed in 1980, in New York, by crazed fan Mark Chapman.

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