Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon, was admitted to a New York hospital on Friday having developed serious flu-like symptoms.
A fire department spokesman revealed that an ambulance was summoned to Ono’s apartment building at 72nd Street and Central Park West in Manhattan at 9.00pm last night.
Ono's spokesman, Elliot Mintz, denied media reports that Ono, who released a new album entitled Yes, I'm a Witch Too last week, had suffered a possible stroke or heart attack. He believed that the artist would be released from the hospital today.
Ono’s son with John Lennon, Sean, tweeted that his mother had not suffered a stroke but he said that she was dehydrated and tired.
Hey guys it was only rumors from press: was NOT a stroke, just dehydration/tired. She is FINE. Thank you everyone for your concern @yokoono
— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) 27 February 2016
Born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1933, Ono's artistic life began in New York City. She met John Lennon in November 1966, when he visited a preview of her exhibition at a London gallery. The couple married in March 1969, and thereafter worked together on a host of art, film and musical projects.
After Lennon's death in 1980, Ono tirelessly worked to promote the Lennon heritage, founding the LennonOno Grant for Peace award in 2002.
