Yoko Ono, the artist/activist and wife of late Beatles singer John Lennon, was hospitalized Friday evening after possibly suffering a stroke. The 83-year-old reportedly called 911 at approximately 9 p.m. saying she was showing signs of a stroke, according to Page Six.
Ono was immediately rushed to the Mount Sinai West Hospital in an unconscious state from her residence at the Dakota, located on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West, where she's been living since 1973, according to the New York Daily News.
However, Ono's spokesman denied reports that she suffered a possible stroke and said she was admitted to the hospital to treat the flu.
"They are not accurate. To the best of my knowledge, she had symptoms along the lines of a serious flu, and her doctor thought it was best that she would get a check-up at the hospital, and she is being checked for that and, hopefully, will be released as early tomorrow. There is no stroke and there are no life-threatening circumstances as has been described to me. It's just an advanced case of the flu. I can't confirm or deny which hospital she's at," said Elliot Mintz, Ono's spokesman, according to WABC-TV.
Mount Sinai West Hospital, which was formerly known as St. Luke's Roosevelt, is the same place where Lennon breathed his last breath after being shot by Mark David Chapman outside the Dakota in 1980.
