John Lennon leaves The Beatles
Globe and Mail - 2009 Update

IT WAS a pleasantly warm September afternoon in London, circa 1969, when I dropped into the Apple Corps offices on Savile Row. I was holidaying in England with my wife and I had no idea that music history was about to unfold – or that I was going to be part of an event that Rolling Stone magazine is reported to have described as the second most important event in rock history. I’d come in to The Beatles’ office to confirm an interview with George Harrison that had been scheduled the following Monday to discuss the forthcoming Abbey Road album. But hearing my voice in the corridor outside his Bag One offices, John Lennon called me ... …