Posted inBeatles, The Deaths (Obituaries) Decisions and Verdicts Deportation Federal Bureau of Investigation Immigration and Emigration Lennon, John Nixon, Richard Milhous Ono, Yoko Politics and Government Pop and Rock Music United States Politics and Government Wildes, Leon (1933-2024)
Leon Wildes, Immigration Lawyer Who Defended John Lennon, Dies at 90
Battling the government for more than three years, he was able to prove that the Nixon White House was trying to deport the former Beatle for political reasons.