Elliot Mintz became a close confidante of John Lennon and Yoko Ono after interviewing Yoko Ono in 1971, and on the night John Lennon was shot dead he flew across the US to comfort Yoko Ono.

He tells the story of his relationship with the world’s most famous couple in his new book John, Yoko and Me and he joined Suzanne Hill on Nightlife to share his memories on the 44th anniversary of Lennon’s death.