Why did Yoko Ono let a picture of her dead husband appear in

I've never seen that music video before. I recall it going like this:



But maybe that's a fan edit? I guess that's the footage used in the Imagine doc to go with the song, which is where I would remember it from.

I don't know how that could possibly be evidence of anything other than the fact that he is indeed dead. Now, I will admit I love conspiracy theory shit, so I'm aware of and enjoy all the alternative worlds where this was an inside job, or staged, or this or that, but in the absence of real proof, I tend to live by the most likely explanation, however fun and fantastic the others might be.

And I think it is a sort of need within us (or them) to find a deeper meaning in these deaths, or a more satisfying one. Who wants to believe that John was gunned down by a crazy man? That's fucking terrifying to think about. You can be carrying on with your life, walk out your apartment, and BANG BANG BANG you're dead. Obviously, you need to face reality and accept that it could happen, and it does to many people. Or Cobain killing himself. Again, who wants to believe that life can get so bad, or feel so bad, that a man would be driven to end it all? But people do feel that way. No one is above feeling suicidal thoughts, urges, actions, etc. If you believe in the stages of grief, than these knuckleheads are stuck at stage 1, denial (with some anger from stage 2 thrown in, I suppose.) Yoko Ono seems like someone who is very strong emotionally (just by looking at her art, which is often stark and confrontational yet also healing and positive) and seeing her so quickly "accept" Lennon's death, in addition to all the preexisting hatred towards her, makes her an easy scapegoat for the weak minded.

And is she really in poor health? From what I can gather, she seems to have taken a similar path to my grandmother (who is a few years younger than Yoko): going from being notably youthful and healthy to very suddenly aging. At 80 years old, my grandmother had her first ever major health issue, when she had tumors removed from her liver (which became an extended ordeal when she got an infection after the surgery.) During that period of non-recovery as I call it, she aged dramatically. And, on account of many things, I noticed her physical and mental stamina take a serious dive. Whereas my grandfather had been on a slow but noticeable decline for years, to see my grandmother suddenly have trouble following a conversation was a bit shocking. After the infection was taken care of and she was able to properly recover, she did make a comeback, but still she aged, and physically she isn't the same as before, even if she is still active for her age (she can't go out alone, and in turn wouldn't be able to carry on living alone, which thankfully isn't a concern. I'm more worried about how my uncle is gonna do living alone when grandma is no longer around...)