The Lives of John Lennon released to the public. Lennon's widow Yoko Ono threatened to sue for libel, claiming the book made her briefly consider suicide, but never pursued any legal action, later explaining that she wanted to maintain a positive attitude and that her lawyers had advised her a civil action would only draw more attention to the book. Lennon's first wife Cynthia Lennon denounced the book, stating "Every single person was annihilated. My mother was called a bulldog and a domineering woman, which was nothing—"nothing"—like my mother. And he called "me" a spaniel. I thought, I'd rather be a spaniel than a Rottweiler,
The Last Ones Shall Be First The Last Ones Shall Be First The Last Ones Shall Be First (German: Die Letzten werden die Ersten sein) is a 1957 West German crime film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring O.E. Hasse, Ulla Jacobsson and Maximilian Schell. It is based on the short play "The First and the Last" by John Galsworthy which had previously been adapted into a British film "21 Days". It was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. It was shot at the CCC Studios in Berlin and on location in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth