Edward Morrison, Deputy Mayor Who Helped John Lennon, Dies at 85
Edward Morrison after being nominated for governor by the New York State Liberal Party in 1974. He turned out to be a stand-in, however: The Liberals endorsed Hugh L. Carey, after Mr. Carey won the Democratic nomination.
Edward A. Morrison, a former New York deputy mayor whose avowal that John Lennon was a valuable cultural asset to the city helped Lennon avoid deportation in the 1970s, died on Saturday in Ocala, Fla. He was 85.
His son Andrew said the cause was congestive heart failure.
Mr. Morrison, a lawyer, was among the advisers to Lennon and his wife, the artist and singer Yoko Ono, when Lennon’s residency in the United States was challenged by the Nixon administration in 1972.
He was also a friend of the couple’s; Lennon and Ms. Ono had attended Mr. Morrison’s swearing-in as deputy mayor in 1972.
Source: nytimes.com
