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When Yoko [ono] And I Got Married, We Got Terrible Racialist Letters - You Know, Warning Me That She Would Slit My Throat. Those Mainly Came From Army People Living In Aldershot. Officers.

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When Yoko [ono] And

John Lennon

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When Yoko [ono] And I Got Married, We Got Terrible Racialist Letters - You Know, Warning Me That She Would Slit My Throat. Those Mainly Came From Army People Living In Aldershot. Officers.

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