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Poor little rich girl: the extraordinary life of Yoko Ono

Her background was one of privilege and she married one of the most famous men of our time but the Japanese artist suffered her fair share of grief and misfortune

Lynn Barber
Yoko Ono, photographed in 1967. Watford/Mirrorpix via Getty Images
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