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Left
most of his property to an estate
controlled by his wife, Yoko Ono.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN WINSTON
ONO LENNON
I, JOHN WINSTON ONO LENNON, a resident
of the County of New York, State of
New York, which I declare to be my
domicile do hereby make, publish and
declare this to be my Last Will and
Testament, hereby revoking all other
Wills, Codicils and Testamentary dispositions
by me at any time heretofore made.
FIRST: The expenses of my funeral
and the administration of my estate,
and all inheritance, estate or succession
taxes, including interest and penalties,
payable by reason of my death shall
be paid out of and charged generally
against the principal of my residuary
estate without apportionment or proration.
My Executor shall not seek contribution
or reimbursement for any such payments.
SECOND: Should my wife survive me,
I give, devise and bequeath to her
absolutely, an amount equal to that
portion of my residuary estate, the
numerator and denominator of which
shall be determined as follows:
1. The numerator shall be an amount
equal to one-half (1/2) of my adjusted
gross estate less the value of all
other property included in my gross
estate for Federal Estate Tax purposes
and which pass or shall have passed
to my wife either under any other
provision of this Will or in any manner
outside of this Will in such manner
as to qualify for and be allowed as
a marital deduction. The words "pass",
"have passed", "marital deduction"
and adjusted gross estate" shall have
the same meaning as said words have
under those provisions of the Untied
States Internal Revenue Code applicable
to my estate.
2. The denominator shall be an amount
representing the value of my residuary
estate.
THIRD: I give, devise and bequeath
all the rest, residue and remainder
of my estate, wheresoever situate,
to the Trustees under a Trust Agreement
dated November 12, 1979, which I signed
with my wife YOKO ONO, and ELI GARBER
as Trustees, to be added to the trust
property and held and distributed
in accordance with the terms of that
agreement and any amendments made
pursuant to its terms before my death.
FOURTH: In the event that my wife
and I die under such circumstances
that there is not sufficient evidence
to determine which of us has predeceased
the other, I hereby declare it to
be my will that it shall be deemed
that I shall have predeceased her
and that this, my Will, and any and
all of its provisions shall be construed
based upon that assumption.
FIFTH: I hereby nominate, constitute
and appoint my beloved wife, YOKO
ONO, to act as the Executor of this
my Last Will and Testament. In the
event that my beloved wife YOKO ONO
shall predecease me or chooses not
to act for any reason, I nominate
and appoint ELI GARBER, DAVID WARMFLASH
and CHARLES PETTIT, in the order named,
to act in her place and stead.
SIXTH: I nominate, constitute and
appoint my wife YOKO ONO, as the Guardian
of the person and property of any
children of the marriage who may survive
me. In the event that she predeceases
me, or for any reason she chooses
not to act in that capacity, I nominate,
constitute and appoint SAM GREEN to
act in her place and stead.
SEVENTH: No person named herein
to serve in any fiduciary capacity
shall be required to file or post
any bond for the faithful performance
of his or her duties, in that capacity
in this or in any other jurisdiction,
any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
EIGHTH: If any legatee or beneficiary
under this will or the trust agreement
between myself as Grantor and YOKO
ONO LENNON and ELI GARBER as Trustees,
dated November 12, 1979 shall interpose
objections to the probate of this
Will, or institute or prosecute or
be in any way interested or instrumental
in the institution or prosecution
of any action or proceeding for the
purpose of setting aside or invalidating
this Will, then and in each such case,
I direct that such legatee or beneficiary
shall receive nothing whatsoever under
this Will or the aforementioned Trust.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed
and sealed and do publish and declare
these presents as and for my Last
Will and Testament, this 12th day
of November, 1979.
/s/
John Winston Ono Lennon
THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT consisting
of four (4) typewritten pages, including
this page, was on the 12th day of
November, 1979, signed, sealed, published
and declared by JOHN WINSTON ONO LENNON,
the Testator therein named, as and
for his Last Will and Testament, in
the present of us, who at his request,
and in his presence, and in the presence
of each other, have hereunto set our
names as witnesses.
(The names of the three witnesses
are illegible.)
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