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| − | '''Yoko Ono''' (born February 18, 1933) is a [[Japanese]]-born American [[artist]] and [[musician]] and the [[widow]] of [[John Lennon]]. She supported the [[Occupy Wall Street]] movement.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/occupy-wall-street-penn-badgley-tim-robbins-latest-celebs-to-join-protests/2011/10/06/gIQASLjPQL_blog.html</ref> | + | '''Yoko Ono''' (born February 18, 1933) is a [[Japanese]]-born American [[artist]] and [[musician]] and the [[widow]] of [[John Lennon]]. |
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| | + | ==Art career== |
| | + | From May to September 2015, the [[Museum of Modern Art]] will present ''Yoko Ono: One Woman Show'', a retrospective of her art work from 1960 to 1971.<ref>https://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1544</ref> |
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| | + | ==Musical career== |
| | + | Ono studied piano and voice in her youth and worked with avant-garde composers [[John Cage]] and La Monte Young in the late 1950s and early 1960s. After their meeting in 1966, Ono and Lennon released several collaborative albums. Ono then embarked on a long and prolific solo career. |
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| | + | ==Political activism== |
| | + | A peace and human rights activist for the past five decades, Ono supported the [[Occupy Wall Street]] movement.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/occupy-wall-street-penn-badgley-tim-robbins-latest-celebs-to-join-protests/2011/10/06/gIQASLjPQL_blog.html</ref> |
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