IPhoto thinks it is importing photos, will not let me quit.

I have a macbook pro (4 years old, running iOS.10.9.5)
I am scanning pages into iPhoto (9.5.1). Something went wrong during my last import. iPhoto thinks it is still importing, but there are no pictures to be imported. I disconnected the scanner. I can not quit iPhoto, work in iPhoto, or restart the computer. I am getting the error message "Photos are being imported to the photo library. Please wait for import to complete."

apple menu ==> force Quit
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