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Wildes proved that Lennon was unfairly targeted by the White House through immigration law for political motivation
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FILE - From left, Yoko Ono, former Beatle John Lennon and attorney Leon Wildes leave the Immigration and Naturalization Service, at 20 West Broadway, March 16, 1972, in New York.
Leon Wildes, who has died aged 90, was the American lawyer who represented John Lennon during his struggle against deportation from the US in the 1970s.