Imagine all the people...exploiting you in a televised seance

Elliot Mintz, spokesperson and good friend of Yoko Ono and her deceased husband John Lennon, is attacking the airing of a televised seance where psychics plan to contact Lennon's spirit to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his death.. Mintz said the concept of the show is "tasteless, tacky and exploitative" of Lennon's memory. The seance is to air on Pay-Per-View on April 24th on iN DEMAND for the cost of $9.95. Mintz goes on to say that the program will benefit no one but the producers and that "John Lennon was an amazing communicator of heart, mind and spirit. He still speaks to those who choose to listen to his recordings. That was the medium he chose to speak with us. A 'pay per view' seance was never his style." A similiar seance took place on Pay-Per-View in 2003 to contact the deceased Princess Dianna, and drew in over half a million viewers for the price of $14.95 a viewing. Needless to say, the seance contacted half a million more viewers than it did any spirits of dead princesses.

John Lennon was born October 9, 1940 and was murdered by crazed fan Mark Chapman on December 8th 1980. Lennon was a key member in the revolutionary British rock band the Beatles. He wrote most of the songs with Paul McCartney, and also embarked on an extremely creative solo career. He started dating an eccentric Japanese avante-garde performance artist named Yoko Ono in 1966, a relationship that added to rising tensions in the band. However, she helped him unfurl into the peace-talkin' hippie that we remember him by today. Lennon wrote and performed classic anti-war songs such as "Imagine" and "Give Peace a Chance". John also caused immense controversy by saying that the Beatles were "bigger than Jesus". He had an invaluable influence on popular culture world-wide.