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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 17 June 2017

Yoko Ono, a co-producer on

‘Imagine,’ gets writing credit

NEW YORK (AP) — Yoko
Ono, who was previously
credited as a co-producer
on John Lennon’s “Imag-
ine,” will earn a co-writing
credit on the 1971 song.
David Israelite, the presi-
dent and CEO of the Na-
tional Music Publishers’ In this Oct. 17, 2016, file photo,
Association, said Wednes- Yoko Ono appears before the
dedication ceremony for her
day at an event that Ono permanent art installation, a
would earn the co-writing sculpture called SKYLANDING,
recognition on the song 48 at Jackson Park in Chicago.
years after its release. Associated Press
“Imagine” received the Centennial Song Award at the
annual event by the organization. Israelite told Variety
that the process of officially getting Ono the credit is un-
derway.
Rolling Stone magazine ranked “Imagine” at No. 3 on its
list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time” in 2004.q

Bob Seger catalog now This April 7, 2011 file photo shows Carrie Fisher at the 2011 NewNowNext Awards in Los Angeles.

Associated Press
available for streaming Coroner: Sleep apnea among

By MESFIN FEKADU
AP Music Writer causes of Carrie Fisher’s death
NEW YORK (AP) — Bob
Seger is finally letting you By ANTHONY McCARTNEY the National Institutes of electroshock therapy and
stream his music. AP Entertainment Writer Health. medication.
The 72-year-old singer an-
nounced Friday that 12 of LOS ANGELES (AP) — Car- Fisher, 60, suffered a medi- “I am not shocked that part
his albums would be avail- rie Fisher died from sleep cal emergency on an inter- of her health was affected
able for streaming on Spo- In this Oct. 16, 2014 file photo, apnea and a combination national flight on Dec. 23. by drugs,” Todd Fisher said.
tify, Apple Music and other singer Bob Seger poses for a of other factors, but inves- Her mother, longtime mov- He said his sister’s heart
platforms. Ten of the Seger portrait in a Capitol Records tigators were not able to ie star Debbie Reynolds, condition was probably
albums are also available studio in Los Angeles. pinpoint an exact cause, died the following day. worsened by her smoking
for digital download for Associated Press coroner’s officials said Fri- The actresses were laid habit, as well as the medi-
the first time, including his music to be streamed. It day. to rest together at Forest cations she took. “If you
his 1969 debut, “Ramblin’ wasn’t immediately known Among the factors that Lawn-Hollywood Hills, a want to know what killed
Gamblin’ Man.” His al- what led to the change. contributed to Fisher’s cemetery where numerous her, it’s all of it,” he said.
bums will also stream on Seger, a Rock and Roll Hall death was buildup of fat- celebrities are buried. Todd Fisher said it was dif-
iHeartRadio, Napster and of Famer, announced this ty tissue in the walls of her Fisher’s brother, Todd Fisher, ficult to blame doctors who
Slacker Radio. month that his Runaway arteries, the Los Angeles said he was not surprised treated his sister because
Seger was one of the few Train tour will begin Aug. 24 County coroner’s office by the results. He added they were trying to help
artists who would not allow in Toledo, Ohio. said in a news release late that his family did not want her.
Margaret Atwood to get literary Friday. The release states a coroner’s investigation “They were doing their best
that the “Star Wars” ac-
of his sister’s death. “We’re to cure a mental disor-
lifetime achievement award tress showed signs of hav- not enlightened. der. Can you really blame

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mar- ing taken multiple drugs, There’s nothing about this them?” Todd Fisher said.
but investigators could not that is enlightening,” he “Without her drugs, maybe
garet Atwood is receiving determine whether they said. she would have left long
a lifetime achievement contributed to her death in “I would tell you, from my ago.”
award from one of the December. perspective that there’s Carrie Fisher made her
world’s oldest literary orga- Her manner of death would certainly no news that Car- feature film debut oppo-
nizations. PEN Center USA be listed as undetermined, rie did drugs,” Todd Fisher site Warren Beatty in the
announced Wednesday the agency said. said. He noted that his sister 1975 hit “Shampoo.” She
that Atwood will accept
the honor at the group’s In this July 28, 2016 file photo, The agency did not im- wrote extensively about her also appeared in “Austin
author Margaret Atwood sits
annual Literary Awards Fes- for a portrait while promoting mediately respond to a re- drug use, and that many Powers,” ‘’The Blues Broth-
tival in October. her new books “Angel Cat- quest for additional details of the drugs she took were ers,” ‘’Charlie’s Angels,”
Atwood has written more bird” and “Hag-Seed” in To- about whether a full autop- prescribed by doctors to try ‘’Hannah and Her Sisters,”
than 40 books of fiction, ronto. sy report and toxicology re- to treat her mental health ‘’Scream 3” and “When
poetry and essays. The Associated Press sults were available. conditions. Harry Met Sally ...”
television adaptation of leased in 2018. Sleep apnea is a condition Fisher long battled drug ad- She will reprise her role as
her novel “The Handmaid’s PEN Center USA says the in which a person’s breath- diction and mental illness. Leia Organa in the eighth
Tale” premiered on Hulu 77-year-old author will be ing pauses during sleep. She said she smoked pot installment of the core
earlier this year and has recognized at an Oct. 27 The pauses may be brief at 13, used LSD by 21 and “Star Wars” franchise, “The
been renewed for a sec- ceremony at the Beverly or last several minutes, ac- was diagnosed as bipolar Last Jedi,” which will be re-
ond season that will be re- Hilton Hotel. cording to information from at 24. She was treated with leased in December.