Elliot Mintz became the long-distance confidant of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Then he saw the cruel side of Lennon and picked up the pieces after the former Beatle was fatally shot.

In the new book “John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,” author Ian Leslie likens Lennon and McCartney’s complicated connection to “a relationship that isn’t sexual but is romantic.”… ...

When Paul McCartney wrote “Yesterday,” it was a new day for The Beatles — and especially for his relationship with John Lennon. The 1965 chart-topper signaled the beginning of a new creative ...

There he was, on Page 3 of the February 1975 issue (Volume 4, No. 3): John Lennon, peering out from a grainy black-and-white photo in his cap and wire-rimmed glasses.

John Lennon (left) and Yoko Ono making music in New York in the early '70s, when they became involved with radical activism. "My parents ultimately felt they were in danger," Sean Lennon says.