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NEW YORK — John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics to the final song on the classic Beatles album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” were purchased by an American collector Friday for $1.2 million.
The double-sided sheet of paper for the song “A Day in the Life” features Lennon’s edits and corrections in his own hand — in black felt marker and blue ballpoint pen, with a few annotations in red ink. Sotheby’s declined to identify the collector who placed the winning bid.
Rolling Stone magazine listed “A Day in the Life” at No. 26 in its compilation of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The lyrics begin with the line “I read the news today, oh, boy.” The Associated Press
