Monday, June 27, 2011

John Lennon

John Winston Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and he died on December 8, 1980, in New York City from a series of fatal gunshots to the head. He was 5'11'',  and before becoming a member of the Beatles, he was in a band in high school called the Quarrymen. I find this person to be most inspirational. He basically says give peace a chance and I'm all for that!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006168/bio

Spouse

  • Cynthia Lennon: August 23, 1962-November 8 1968, divorced, 1 child
  • Yoko Ono: March 20, 1969- December 8, 1980(his  death), 1 child
Trade mark:
  • Sarcastic wit, later granny glasses
  • Songs about personal issues
  • Songs with political/social themes
  • Tattered army jacket
Trivia
  • Father of Sean Lennon, from Yoko Ono
  • Father of Julian Lennon from Cynthia Lennon
  • In the 1985 TV movie John and Yoko: A Love Story, there was an actor named Mark Lindsay Chapman who wanted to play Lennon, but was denied the role because he had a similar name to Lennon's killer. So he later went on to play Lennon in Chapter 27
  • When Rolling Stone Magazine debuted in November 1967, Lennon was the first one to make the cover, it was an image of him from the movie How I Won the War
  • His murder was first announced to the world by US sportcaster Howard Cosell during NFL Monday Night Football. 
  • Was killed as he was returning from the recording studio on Monday, Dec. 8, right outside his apartment building, the Dakota, by a crazed gunman named Mark David Chapman, who claimed to be a fan
  • In 2001, the Liverpool Airport was renamed the John Lennon Airport
  • Yoko Ono's photograph of John's bloodstained and cracked glasses from the day he was shot, sold at an auction in London in April 2002 for $13,000. 
John Lennon then

 Him and his aunt Mimi

John Lennon now
From the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club album



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