At the annual NMPA meeting Wednesday, Israelite aired a video, according to a story from Variety, that showed Lennon saying Ono should be credited with helping to write "Imagine." According to the video, Lennon said Ono should be included in the credit because of her inspiration and poetry from a collection called "Grapefruit" that helped to inspire the work.
Ono, along with her and Lennon’s son, Sean Lennon, were at the gala to receive the Centennial Song award for “Imagine” on Lennon’s behalf.
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