Los Angeles hotels lifted their restrictions on black guests soon afterwards. Elvis Presley and later Warren Beatty spent a number of years in the hotel. It was also the home of John Lennon, when he was separated for several months from his wife Yoko Ono. The American socialite and Woolworth department store heiress Barbara Hutton spent her last years in poor health in the hotel and died there in May 1979.. Other notable guests include U.S. President Barack Obama, Emperor of Japan Hirohito, the Dalai Lama and Sadruddin Aga Khan, as well as the musicians Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Elton John, Lil Wayne, Drake, and actors Michael Caine, Michael Douglas, Farrah Fawcett, Bette Midler, Dustin Hoffman, Anjelica Huston, Robert Pattinson, Walter Matthau and Al Pacino. In 1990, the Beverly Wilshire was the primary setting for the movie "Pretty Woman", though most interior scenes were actually shot at the defunct Ambassador Hotel nearby.. Decades later, it also became a common filming location for HBO's "Entourage" television series, with cast and crew filming there at least three times per season when it was produced from 2004 until 2011.