John Lennon

Biography

 John Lennon

John Lennon was a key member of the Beatles.

John Lennon was born on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, England. When he was four years old, his parents separated and  John was brought up by his mother’s sister Mimi.

In his early years John was a mischievous student. In his early teens he got his first guitar and he spent many hours playing. His aunt Mimi, used to regularly say:

“The guitar's all very well, John, but you'll never make a living out of it."

At this college, he met a woman by the name of Cynthia Powell, who became his first wife. As a child, John lived a life of uninterrupted calm. Unfortunately that calm was suddenly shattered when his mother died before his 18th birthday. John did not like to talk about the death of his mother, because it was  painful .John considered  his Aunt Mimi the greatest person. They lived in a little house, with frilly curtains at the windows, and an old apple tree in the front garden. When John was away from home, he thought about Aunt Mimi and her frilly curtains and her apple tree, and he realized how fortunate he was. Because, though his mother was taken away from him, he was given something precious in return.  John created the group called the "Quarry Man". They performed at school. One day, Paul McCartney was introduced to him. At this point, John ask Paul if he could join the group, and he accepted the next day. Paul McCartney introduced George Harrison to John Lennon and one day  John came up with the name Beatles for the group.

John married Cynthia Powell in August 1962 and they had a son who they called Julian.  John Lennon divorced Cynthia and re-married with Yoko Ono.  In 1970, the Beatles broke up and  John Lennon went his way and he tried to send out his message out clearer. He started doing this by releasing his first solo album “Imagine.”

Imagine was a passion of John. Itrepresented  his dream for the world and his idealism. And it was something that John really wanted to say to the world. Imagine was the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed of all John Lennon's  works. In the early 1970s John Lennon also became a figurehead for the anti war Movement. His song “Give Peace a Chance” became an anthem for the anti-war movement

In 1973, John and Yoko separated for 14 month, but   John  realized that he really loved her and that he could not live without her.So, when  on October 9, 1975,  Yoko gave birth to John's other son Sean ,John left his whole music career for 5 years to raise his son.

After 5 years John realized that there is no life without music and he stared to write songs again, but, unfortunately,he  was shot in front of his apartment in New York while he was in the process of releasing another album "Milk and Honey". John died of the age of 40 in the Roosevelt Hospital on December 8, 1980, after receiving multiple gun shot in the back. John Lennon was shot by David Chapman – an obsessed fan. The death shocked the world, both musical and non musical.

 John was not a follower, but a leader and was always fighting for people's right. He was a person that cared for other people. John was not only a great music writer, but also an excellent pop artist and did a lot in the Rock and Roll music world. John cannot and will never be replaced by anybody. His songs will live forever in all our hearts and minds.

John always  said “ Love and peace are eternal”. 

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