275 “We’re living in a more tranquil period of society”: Steve Ditlea, “The Bullish Boom in the Record World,” New York Times, June 5, 1977.

276 “talking to guys and gals that have been through what we went through, together”: Dave Sholin and Laurie Kaye, “John Lennon’s Last Interview, December 8, 1980,” BeatlesArchive.net.

276 the little boy sings: “Listen to a Home Recording of John Lennon Singing the Beatles with His Son Sean,” Far Out, February 28, 2020.

276 “Anything you ever see on a commercial is a lie”: David Fricke, “Sean Lennon on His Father, Yoko Ono, and His Own Musical Career,” Rolling Stone, June 11, 1998.

276 a nighttime ritual for the two of them: Fricke, “Sean Lennon on His Father.”

277 WE ARE THE TERRORISTS [FROM] THE FALN PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT: Jack Cloherty, Pierre Thomas, and Jason Ryan, “Beatle John Lennon Threatened in Extortion Plot, Says FBI,” ABC News, December 1, 2011.

277 $100,000 in a “strong package”: Cloherty, Thomas, and Ryan, “Beatle John Lennon Threatened in Extortion Plot.”

277 “we are good preparedly for it”: Cloherty, Thomas, and Ryan, “Beatle John Lennon Threatened in Extortion Plot.”

277 “on this you can have our trust”: Cloherty, Thomas, and Ryan, “Beatle John Lennon Threatened in Extortion Plot.”

278 a thousand acres of land in Delaware County: “John Lennon’s Travels in Ulster County, New York,” New York Almanack, August 6, 2012; David Kamp, “Lennon at 70!,” Vanity Fair, September 24, 2010.

278 a herd of registered Holstein cattle: Jay Cocks, “The Last Day in the Life,” Time, December 22, 1980.

278 “sell a cow for $250,000”: Cocks, “The Last Day in the Life.”

278 bulletproof vests: Philip Norman, John Lennon: The Life (New York: Ecco, 2008), 783.

278 “I really don’t want to leave Palm Beach”: Joe Capozzi, “John Lennon’s Last Years in Palm Beach,” Palm Beach Post, November 1, 2018.

278 toured and rented under the pseudonym Mrs. Green: Capozzi, “John Lennon’s Last Years in Palm Beach.”

278 El Solano: Capozzi, “John Lennon’s Last Years in Palm Beach.”

278 Julian meets his half brother, Sean, for the first time: Capozzi, “John Lennon’s Last Years in Palm Beach.”

278 sixteenth birthday, April 8, 1979, with a family party on a chartered yacht: Capozzi, “John Lennon’s Last Years in Palm Beach.”

278 “Sunrises rejuvenate you. It recharges the batteries!”: Capozzi, “John Lennon’s Last Years in Palm Beach.”

278 Cannon Hill: Christopher Twarowski, “Imagine: John Lennon on Long Island,” Long Island Press, October 5, 2013.

279 “a gorgeous place”: Twarowski, “Imagine.”

279 “So different than waking up in New York”: Twarowski, “Imagine.”

279 “she’s a workaholic”: Sholin and Kaye, “John Lennon’s Last Interview.”

279 “It’s better here than real life”: Robert F. Worth, “Yoko Ono Says Ex-Aide Stole Tapes,” New York Times, September 25, 2002.

Chapter 54

280 “send stuff, fan mail, to the house on Long Island for storage”: Tyler Coneys, interview by the authors, 2019.

280 “a mocked-up album cover”: Tyler Coneys, interview by the authors, 2019.

280 “All my life I’ve been dreaming of having my own boat”: Brian R. San Souci, “There’s No Place Like Nowhere,” Rhode Island Monthly, May 10, 2010.

280 Billy Joel’s home on Cooper’s Bluff: Nick Paumgarten, “Thirty-Three-Hit Wonder,” The New Yorker, October 20, 2014.