A Composite Portrait of John Lennon Biographer Bob Rosen Collated by Alex Constantine �ROSEN BOOK A SHAM 1� http://www6.50megs.com/johnlennon/killerfree.html Instant Karlma Instant News Story Info From Europe Press Entered February 18, 2000 [...] Bob Rosen was one of the people named in the David Sheff "Playboy" article, "The Betrayal of John Lennon" in March, 1984 as being part of a plot to take over John's estate, discredit Yoko and generally try to make a name for themselves after John's murder. Rosen had access to John's stolen diaries and has created his book "Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon" "from memory" and from what he calls "investigative journalism and imagination." The book is reportedly loosely based on what Rosen read in John's diaries 18 years ago before they were returned to Yoko. In the 1984 Playboy article, it was reported that the diaries had been tampered with while they were out of Yoko's possession.� I'll say this for Rosen: he's admitting upfront that his book is a sham. Imagination, indeed.� Yoko's longtime friend and spokesperson, Elliot Mintz, said, "If Rosen says that the book is a work of imagination, the one thing we can construe is that it's not real. We are not reading the written word of John Lennon, which is the important thing to keep in mind. Considering the writer as the source, the title seems appropriate." IK! seconds that motion.� ������������������ �ROSEN BOOK A SHAM 2� http://www.instantkarma.com/iknews_021900_rosen.html A New Book Is Destined To Wither on the Vine (Entered February 19, 2000) On February 18, The New York Post published news about a book that's just been released that was written by one of Fred Seaman's pals who had access to stolen property from the Dakota. Bob Rosen (pictured from a newspaper article several years ago) was one of the people named in the David Sheff "Playboy" article, "The Betrayal of John Lennon" in March, 1984 as being part of a plot to take over John's estate, discredit Yoko and generally try to make a name for themselves after John's murder. Rosen had access to John's stolen diaries and has created his book "Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon" "from memory" and from what he calls "investigative journalism and imagination." The book is reportedly loosely based on what Rosen read in John's diaries 18 years ago before they were returned to Yoko. In the 1984 Playboy article, it was reported that the diaries had been tampered with while they were out of Yoko's possession. I'll say this for Rosen: he's admitting upfront that his book is a sham. Imagination, indeed. ------------- BOB ROSEN & GEOFFREY GIULIANI FABRICATIONS ABOUT JOHN LENNON Harry Nilson Web Page Harry Nilsson - Lennon in America In Lennon in America author Geoffrey Giuliano makes many sensational claims about John Lennon. Giuliano claims that his primary source was a copy of John Lennon's diaries given to the author by Harry Nilsson. I never met Harry Nilsson, but as a fan who has spent many years maintaining the Harry Nilsson web pages, I find it hard to believe that Harry Nilsson would have betrayed his friend by giving Giuliano anything that would harm the memory of John Lennon. An article titled "Lennon, Imagined" published in the Buffalo News on May 28, 2000, supports my belief. The article reminds us that Harry Nilsson was very talkative, yet never mentioned to anyone that he had copies of - or even had read any of - the Lennon diaries. Nor did Una, Harry's wife, find them among his possesions after his death in 1994. A. Lee Blackman, Nilsson's attorney and close friend, is quoted as saying "Harry's going to give Giuliano copies when he doesn't tell any of us?" "Harry was not going to betray a friend," Blackman added. The Buffalo News article also questions whether the diaries even contained anything sensational. Major portions of the diaries and other references supplied by Giuliano and reviewed by a Buffalo News reporter revealed only mundane information. The reporter found that the diaries contained little to support Giuliano's wildest claims and actually refuted some of them. Bob Rosen who transcribed the original, handwritten journals said of Giuliano's book, "I see little bits and pieces, pretty mundane stuff, that might have come from the diaries. The sensational things, I don't know where he got them from. I'm assuming he made it up, because I've never seen anything like that." When questioned about the book's credibility, Giuliano replied "I'm clean as a whistle in the way I put the book together. '60 Minutes' couldn't have done it better. "What is it that I don't have?" he continued, "People worship me. I sit on a throne. I'm famous. Why would I want to perpetrate fraud on anyone?� -------------- �LENNON BIO IS DENOUNCED LURID TALES, SECRET DIARY� Northern New Jersey Record April 23, 2000 � Summary: In the two decades since John Lennon was shot dead on a Manhattan sidewalk, the diaries he wrote during his last years have stood as one of pop music's most closely guarded secrets. The threat of litigation has shadowed anyone who wanted to quote the diaries in print, and a former employee of Lennon's was prosecuted and found guilty of grand larceny for stealing them. That history, however, doesn't daunt Geoffrey Giuliano. In the coming weeks, the celebrity biographer plans to release "Lennon in America," a highly critical, luridly detailed account of the ex- Beatle's life from 1971 to 1980. The book, he says, is based on years of research and interviews; but what's most eye-catching about this 270-page tome is its subtitle: "Based in Part on the Lost Lennon Diaries." [NOTE: The Lennon diaries are lost to history and useless to historians � the contents are forgeries, in part, altered while illicitily in the possession of Fred Seaman and collaborators, including lennon �biographer� Bob Rosen. � AC] ------------ YOKO ONO ON BOB ROSEN Lennon's Disputed Days in the Life; Yoko Ono Spokesman Rejects as 'FICTION' Bio Allegedly Based on Ex-Beatle's Lost Diaries Washington Post April 18, 2000 Summary: In the two decades since John Lennon was shot dead on a Manhattan sidewalk, the diaries he wrote during his last years of life have stood as one of pop music's most closely guarded secrets. The threat of litigation has shadowed anyone who wanted to quote the diaries in print, and a former employee of Lennon's was once prosecuted and found guilty of grand larceny for stealing them....
