Yoko Ono performs live with her Plastic Ono Band. (Photo : YouTube/Yoko Ono)
Yoko Ono, wife of the late Beatles singer John Lennon was admitted to a hospital in New York on Feb. 26, Friday, reportedly with symptoms of a serious flu. Initial reports suggested that Ono has suffered a stroke, but her spokesman Elliot Mintz denied the rumors saying that she had developed symptoms related to flu.
Sean Lennon, the couple's only son, also tweeted soon after midnight on Saturday that his mother's symptoms included dehydration.
Hey guys it was only rumors from press: was NOT a stroke, just dehydration/tired. She is FINE. Thank you everyone for your concern @yokoono
— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) February 27, 2016
Feeling unwell, Ono called her physician, who advised her to get admitted to a hospital, according to Mintz. Just after 9 p.m., the 83-year-old artist and activist shifted to Mount Sinai West, and admitted overnight. According to Mintz, someone attending Ono at the hospital told him that her condition was fine and she should be released on Saturday.
"To the best of my knowledge, she had symptoms along the lines of a serious flu, and her doctor thought it was best that she would get a check-up at the hospital," ABC News quoted Mintz as saying. Ono did not suffer from a stroke and did not face any life threatening situation, Mintz, who began representing Lennon and Ono in the 1970s, said.
Incidentally, Ono's husband, Lennon also died at the same hospital, formerly known as Roosevelt Hospital, in 1980 after being shot outside their home at The Dakota, located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Daily Mail reported. The Japanese-born artist continues to reside in the same apartment, which has been listed on the market for $14.5 million this summer.
Ono and Lennon moved to this apartment overlooking the Central Park in 1973. In fact, the building has been home to several celebrities, including Lauren Bacall, Leonard Bernstein and Judy Garland. In response to a question by Anderson Cooper during an interview in 2010, as to why Ono continued to live in the same apartment, she said, 'It was our home. You don't just leave home. And also for Sean, that was the only home that he knows with having time with his father."
In 1969, Ono founded the Plastic Ono Band with Lennon. She later revived the group and also performed in Central Park as recently as October. When the group released its album "Take Me to The Land of Hell" in 2013, Ono said, "The energy I have right now, and the desire to continue to make as much great work as I can, is really moving me forwards all the time."
Watch Yoko Ono performing at the Louisiana Museum in July 2013 below:
