Owner of John Lennon's tooth would like to clone the musician

David Pescovitz 9:57 am Thu Apr 10, 2014

Lennon

Back in 2011, I posted that one of John Lennon's teeth was up for auction. Canadian dentist Michael Zuk bought the molar for approximately $34,000 and says he would eventually like to use it to clone Lennon and raise him as his own son.

"He would still be his exact duplicate but you know, hopefully keep him away from drugs and cigarettes, that kind of thing," Zuk said.

Zuk has all kinds of other plans involving the tooth, including a DNA pendant, fine art photos, a documentary film, charity fundraising… It goes on and on over at JohnLennonTooth.com.

(NME)

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