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    • John Lennon - Music legend Paul McCartney gestures on arrival for a ceremony marking the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 9, 2012 in Hollywood, California. Receiving the 2,460th Star on the famed walkways of Hollywood, McCartney's star is lined up alongside his fellow Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
    • John Lennon - LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - JANUARY 27:  The gates of the former Salvation Army orphanage Strawberry Field, immortalised by the Beatles song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', where John Lennon used to play as a child, in Woolton  on January 27, 2012 in Liverpool, England. With six months to go until the opening cermeony of the London 2012 Olympic games Britain's tourist industry is gearing up to cater for the influx of athletes, officials and visitors.
    • John Lennon - LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - JANUARY 27:  The gates of the former Salvation Army orphanage Strawberry Field, immortalised by the Beatles song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', where John Lennon used to play as a child, in Woolton  on January 27, 2012 in Liverpool, England. With six months to go until the opening cermeony of the London 2012 Olympic games Britain's tourist industry is gearing up to cater for the influx of athletes, officials and visitors.
    • John Lennon - LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - JANUARY 27:  Mendips the childhood home of John Lennon, in Woolton, on January 27, 2012 in Liverpool, England. With six months to go until the opening cermeony of the London 2012 Olympic games Britain's tourist industry is gearing up to cater for the influx of athletes, officials and visitors.
    • John Lennon - Japanese born avant-garde artist, musician and widow of Beatles singer John Lennon, Yoko Ono arrives at Habitat center  for a concert in New Delhi on January 15, 2011. Ono is in India for about a week during which she will participate in a art show on January 13. It is a special new installation for India by Ms. Ono that is a homage to Indian women -- their strength,' gallery director Parul Vadehra told AFP. The show will also include an archive of her music, movies and work with Lennon, as well as a performance by the artist herself.'I will be doing music as well. I am hoping that I can do it with Indian musicians.
    • John Lennon - Japanese born avant-garde artist, musician and widow of Beatles singer John Lennon, Yoko Ono,  walks into a room for a press conference in New Delhi on January 11, 2012. Ono is in India for about a week during which she will participate in a art show on January 13. It is a special new installation for India by Ms. Ono that is a homage to Indian women -- their strength,' gallery director Parul Vadehra told AFP. The show will also include an archive of her music, movies and work with Lennon, as well as a performance by the artist herself.'I will be doing music as well. I am hoping that I can do it with Indian musicians,' Ono said.
    • John Lennon - Wax figures of the members of the English rock band 'The Beatles', (L-R) Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr exposed at the Wax Museum in Mexico City on December 30, 2011. The Wax Museum in Mexico exhibits more than two hundred wax figures of political leaders, actors, artists, footballers, athletes, and other personalities from around the world.
    • John Lennon - British musician and drummer in cult band The Beetles, Ringo Starr, gestures to the audience as he poses next to his replica 'knotted gun' statue for The Non-Violence campaign that he unvieled in London, on December 8, 2011. Starr urged other musicians to join the campaign on December 8, the 31st anniversary of the killing of bandmate John Lennon.
    • John Lennon - NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30:  A to-do list written by John Lennon on display at the GOTTA HAVE IT! Rock & Roll Pop Culture Auction Press Preview at the Gotta Have It! store on November 30, 2011 in New York City.
    • John Lennon - LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 16:  A view of a John Lennon and Yoko Ono mural inside Mr. Brainwash studio during the launch of Google Music hosted by T-Mobile at Mr. Brainwash Studio on November 16, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
    • John Lennon - A Christies employ poses with 'Bed Peace', a placard by late Beatles singer-songerwriter John Lennon, used during the historic Montreal Bed-In for Peace in1969 and estimated to fetch between 80,000 and 100,000 British pounds (128,000 - 160,000 US dollars) during a press preview of rock and pop memorabilia at the auction house in London on November 11, 2011.
    • John Lennon - An office worker watches a  video made in 1991 and posted on YouTube, featuring the US Republican Party Presidential hopefull Herman Cain performing a version of John Lennon's  song 'Imagine' with changed lyrics, on October 18, 2011 in Washington, DC.  Cain was CEO of the Omaha-based restaurant chain Godfather's Pizza at the time of his recording release. The latest opinion polls give long-time front-runner Mitt Romney 26 percent for the Republican presidential nomination, with Cain only one point behind at 25 percent, well ahead of the next-placed Texas governor Rick Perry.
    • John Lennon - NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 17:  Moderator Ed Salamon, Author George Cassidy, Author Richard Courtney, Former John Lennon girlfriend/Author May Pang and Former Ringo Starr girlfriend/Author Nancy Lee Andrews attends the Habitat for Humanity the House the Beatles Fans Built event at Two Old Hippies in The Gulch on October 17, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.
    • John Lennon - NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 17:  Former John Lennon girlfriend/Author May Pang attends the Habitat for Humanity the House the Beatles Fans Built event at Two Old Hippies in The Gulch on October 17, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.
    • John Lennon - Passers-by stand next to knotted gun-shaped sculptures in Mexico City, on October 4, 2011. Six giant guns with a tied barrel --to stop bullets-- including a replica of one made by Yoko Ono in memory of John Lennon, are on display in the capital within a campaign against drug-related violence, which has left more than 41,000 dead since December 2006.
    • John Lennon - Elvis Presley's first guitar, an acoustic guitar manufactured by Kay is one of the many items shown during Guernsey's Auction House preview in New York on September 14, 2011 of items to be sold during 'Rock & Roll Auction' on September 24 and 25, 2011 including artwork by Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon.
    • John Lennon - Various items including a photo of the Beatles are shown during Guernsey's Auction House preview in New York on September 14, 2011 of items to be sold during 'Rock & Roll Auction' on  September 24 and 25, 2011 including artwork by Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon.
    • John Lennon - NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 14:  An original letter by John Lennon on display during the Guernsey's Rock & Roll Auction Press Preview at Guernsey's Auction House on September 14, 2011 in New York City.
    • John Lennon - NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 14:  A small assortment of photographs autographed by famous musicians from Manny's music store and an original letter by John Lennon on display during the Guernsey's Rock & Roll Auction Press Preview at Guernsey's Auction House on September 14, 2011 in New York City.
    • John Lennon - NEW YORK, NY - MAY 26:  Executive director of The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus Brian Rothschild(2nd from left), singer Miguel(center), and Jan-Patrick Schmitz(4th from right) with students from the New Design High School outside The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus at New Design High School on May 26, 2011 in New York City.
    Out of all the Beatles, John Lennon had the most interesting -- and frustrating -- solo career. Lennon was capable of inspired, brutally honest confessional songwriting and melodic songcraft; he also had a tendency to rest on his laurels, churning out straight-ahead rock & roll without much care. But the extremes, both in his music and his life, were what made him fascinating. Where Paul McCartney ...more


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