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Happy 93rd Birthday to Yoko Ono, Japanese artist, musician, activist, and filmmaker. Ono grew up in Tokyo and moved to New York City in 1952 to join her family. She became involved with New York City's downtown artists scene in the early 1960s, which included the Fluxus group, and became widely known outside the fine art world in 1969 when she married English musician John Lennon of the Beatles. The couple used their honeymoon as a stage for public protests against the Vietnam War with what they called a bed-in. Together, they had one son, Sean, who later also became a musician. She achieved commercial and critical success in 1980 with the chart-topping album Double Fantasy, a collaboration with Lennon that was released three weeks before his murder, winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Many musicians have paid tribute to Ono as an artist in her own right and as a muse and icon, including Elvis Costello who recorded his version of "Walking on Thin Ice" with the Attractions for the Every Man Has a Woman tribute album to Yoko Ono, the B-52's, Sonic Youth and Meredith Monk. She funded the Strawberry Fields memorial in Manhattan's Central Park, the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland, and the John Lennon Museum in Saitama, Japan (which closed in 2010). In 2002, she inaugurated a biennial $50,000 LennonOno Grant for Peace. 1771417008414.png


93 and her singing sounds as good as it did 50 years ago.
 
Condolences to his family:


Robert Carradine -- the actor best known for his roles in "Lizzie McGuire," "Revenge of the Nerds," and "The Long Riders," -- has died after taking his own life after a nearly two decade battle with Bipolar Disorder.

In a statement to Deadline, Carradine's family called him a "beacon of light" in a world that can feel dark, and described his struggle with mental illness as "valiant." They said they hope his journey helps shine a light on the stigma surrounding Bipolar Disorder and asked for privacy as they grieve...

Lizzie McGuire's Robert Carradine Dead at 71
 
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