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We went to America a few times and [Brian] Epstein always tried to waffle on at us about saying nothing about Vietnam. So there came a time when George [Harrison] and I said 'Listen, when they ask next time, we're going to say we don't like that war and we think they should get right out.' That's what we did.

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John Lennon
Age: 40 †
Born: 1940
Born: October 9
Died: 1980
Died: December 8
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