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Entwistle's girlfriend forced to move out of country
mansion 

JOHN INNES 


THE GIRLFRIEND of John Entwistle, the late bassist
with the rock group The Who, has been thrown out of
his gothic mansion by the executors of his will. 

Lisa Pritchett-Johnson has been told that she must pay
for anything she wants to keep from their home. 

Ms Pritchett-Johnson, 46, claimed Entwistle was going
to change his will to allow her to stay in the 53-room
Quarwood in the Cotswolds, but she has been forced to
move into a tiny cottage on the 42-acre estate. She
has also been told that a 7ft by 8ft bed purchased
shortly before Entwistles death in June last year
must be paid for. 

Ms Pritchett-Johnson may now have to bid at auction
for any of his collection of 178 guitars - due to go
under the hammer in May. 

She said: "He had asked me to marry him. We had so
many plans. We were going to grow old together and he
was even teaching me to garden." 

Entwistle died of a heart attack last year after
taking cocaine with a stripper in a Las Vegas hotel
room. 

In his will, he divided his estate equally between his
mother, Queenie, 80, his son, Christopher, 31, and Ms
Pritchett-Johnson. 

Now executors have told Ms Pritchett-Johnson to leave
the house pending a decision on its future. 

Entwistles collection of guitars is to be sold off by
Sothebys auction house. It includes a pink Fender
Precision Bass which the rock star nicknamed
Frankenstein because he created it from five smashed
instruments. 

In a notebook, Entwistle recalled how he used a
screwdriver and a soldering iron to make the guitar in
a hotel room in San Francisco on a day off while
touring the United States in the 1960s. 

Clintons, the acting solicitors, confirmed the
executors of the will had decided to sell the entire
estate - including the mansion. 

A spokesman said: "The executors have decided to sell
John Entwistles extremely imaginative and varied
collection, which includes nearly all of his
significant personal effects. 

"This is a unique and diverse collection reflecting
what a passionate collector John was." 

The auction includes a black sequin outfit the bassist
wore in the 1970s during a concert at Madison Square
Garden, New York. 

There are also plaster casts of fish, such as marlin,
that Entwistle, a keen deep sea fisherman, caught in
the Caribbean and had mounted in the bar at his home. 

A cartoon showing Keith Moon, The Whos drummer, as a
pirate called "Long John Moon", and a collection of
gold discs and French horns, will also go under the
hammer. 

In a separate exhibition, on June 26, Entwistles
extensive collection of arms and armour will also be
sold.  

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-Brian in Atlanta
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