Happy anonymity!

A few nights ago, I finished reading “We all shine on, John, Yoko & me” by Elliot Mintz, a great account of an improbable long-term relationship and the high cost of being a celebrity. 

In his book, Mintz offers us a personal and revealing look at the last ten years of John Lennon’s life and his partnership with Yoko Ono. 

The author, a former Los Angeles radio and TV host, tells us how their unlikely friendship began and how it lasted over the years, with the ups and downs of a non-conformist relationship. 

Mintz takes readers inside John and Yoko’s home, New York’s fabled Dakota building, where Mintz became the Lennons' closest and most trusted confidant. Again, Mintz was with John and Yoko through thick and thin. 

He was also by Yoko’s side during the aftermath of John’s assassination, not just as a witness, but as a key figure in John and Yoko’s extraordinary lives. 

The book is a must-read for Beatles and Lennon fans like me, and also tells us how bad one’s status as a celebrity can be, day in, day out, making me feel happy to enjoy a good life in total privacy, instead of being a prisoner of fame and all of its trappings...