Leon Wildes

fought the United States government’s attempt to deport John Lennon, died on Monday January 8 2023 in Manhattan. He was 90. His death, at Lenox Hill Hospital, was confirmed by his son Michael. Wildes is best known for his successful representation of former Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono in deportation proceedings spanning a five year period. Leon Wildes' represention of John Lennon and Yoko Ono; Wildes appears in film "The U.S. vs John Lennon." Wildes was educated at public schools in Olyphant and earned a bachelor’s degree from Yeshiva University in 1954 and a law degree from New York University in 1958. He founded the immigration law firm Wildes & Weinberg in 1960. In addition to his son Michael, he is survived by another son, Mark; his wife, Alice Goldberg Wildes; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.