John Lennon was born on in war-time in England on October 9, 1940 at Liverpool Maternity Hospital. Coming from a poor family, Lennon's family had problems to meet daily needs (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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His father left his family without informing everyone for six months! When he returned home, his mother was already pregnant with another man's child! (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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Lennon had a hard time in his childhood because of his parent's separation and during this time he struggled to cope up with all these problems with reading books and composing music (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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At the age of 15, Lennon formed the group, skiffle craze, The Quarrymen. The group performed many shows and by 1957 made a name for themselves. Lennon then asked Paul McCartney to form a band with him (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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The duo was later joined by George Harrison forming a trio by the name of Silver Beatles. The trio performed many music shows and gained appreciation was their vocals and lyrics. Finally the trio became a faction when Ringo Starr joined the group in early 1960s thus forming one of the most iconic music bands of an era, The Beatles (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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The Beatles became one of the most prominent music bands in carving the way for music with Rock and Pop. The band ruled the 60s, gaining a worldwide fan base for their songs (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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After the group got disbanded in 1970, Lennon embarked on a solo career and produced albums like 'Imagine' and 'John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band' and songs such as 'Give Peace a Chance', 'Working Class Hero' and 'Imagine' (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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The singer revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, writing, drawings, and on films and television. Controversial throughout his life for political and peace activism, he had to move from London to Manhattan (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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Lennon is one of the most influential figure in rock music and has been regarded as the best singer of his time. In 2002, he was voted eighth in a poll of the 100 Greatest Britons and in 2008 Rolling stone ranked him the fifth best singer of all time! (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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On December 1980, at around 10:50 pm, a lone gunman Mark David Chapman shot Lennon in the back four times in the archway of the Dakota. The singer was rushed to a nearby a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:00 pm (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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We pay a tribute to a visionary of music on his 77th birth anniversary. John Lennon was cremated at Ferncliff Cemetery Hartsdale, New York (Photo Credits: Facebook)
