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TIL after finally receiving a settlement from Yoko, Julian Lennon has become a John Lennon memorabilia collector. He paid 30,000 pounds for the coat Lennon wore on the cover of Magical Mystery Tour. “The irony isn’t lost on me that I am using his money to buy back his things.”

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