Beatles expert studied dozens of obscure films to solve mystery of the 1980s track Grow Old With Me
A month before he was shot dead in December 1980, John Lennon released the song Grow Old With Me, its lyrics drawn from a Robert Browning poem.
Inspiration for the song was known to have come to Lennon in July that year, while watching a film about baseball during a visit to Bermuda. Now, after a somewhat quixotic hunt that involved scouring television schedules and watching dozens of obscure movies, a leading Beatles scholar has identified the exact film, solving a mystery that has lasted for decades.
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