In the latter half of the 1960s, Lennon grew increasingly disinterested in The Beatles and his marriage to Cynthia Lennon. Davies, who spent time at Lennon’s home during this time, said Lennon ...

But in 1969, during a recording session that should have been routine, Paul McCartney found himself ... was left with a gap in leadership. Soon, John Lennon was quickly won over by Klein’s ...

he came to conclusions about McCartney and Lennon. “Paul was the easiest to talk to,” Davies wrote in The Beatles. “He had such energy and such keenness and, unlike John, enjoyed being liked ...

John Lennon and Paul McCartney ... they’d last seen each other in person, Paul called John from a hotel not far from Lennon’s home at the Dakota to see if they could get together.