Leon Wildes, immigration lawyer who prevented John Lennon's deportation, dies aged 90
Leon Wildes, the immigration lawyer who prevented John Lennon from being deported from the US in the 1970s, had died aged 90.
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Leon Wildes, the immigration lawyer who prevented John Lennon from being deported from the US in the 1970s, had died aged 90.
The lawyer who represented John Lennon in his long battle against deportation by the US government has died.
In his three-year defense of Lennon and Yoko Ono, Mr. Wildes marshaled a series of legal arguments that exposed both political chicanery and a hidden US immigration policy.
Leon Wildes, a prominent immigration lawyer best known for his landmark, yearslong fight in the 1970s to prevent John Lennon from being deported and enable the former Beatle to receive permanent resid...
Leon Wildes, a prominent immigration lawyer best known for his landmark, yearslong fight in the 1970s to prevent John Lennon from being deported and enable the former Beatle to receive permanent residency in the U.S., has died at age 90. Wildes died Monday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. His son — immigration attorney and […]