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    • John Lennon - Artist Sean Lennon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono's son, attends the launch of Artists Against Fracking, an activist partnership project opposed to hydraulic fracking, at a press conference in New York, August 29, 2012. Artists Against Fracking is a new coalition of artists, musicians, filmmakers and public figures opposed to hydraulic fracking, which includes 146 members including Yoko, Ono, Sean Lennon, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Salman Rushdie, Ringo Starr, David Bryne, Alec Baldwin, Marina Abramovic, Kronos Quartet, Cindy Sherman, MGMT, Wilco, Bonnie Raitt, Liv Tyler, Mario Batali, Roberta Flack, Mark Ruffalo, Uma Thurman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and many others.
    • John Lennon - LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12:  The late John Lennon is displayed on a screen during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 12, 2012 in London, England.
    • John Lennon - PICTURE TAKEN WITH A ROBOTIC CAMERA Artists form a sculpture representing the face of John Lennon during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games at the Olympic stadium in London, on August 12, 2012.
    • John Lennon - A sculpture representing the face of John Lennon is pictured during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Gamesat the Olympic stadium  in London on August 12, 2012. Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympic Games.
    • John Lennon - Performers bring together broken sculpture pieces to form the face of John Lennon during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Gamesat the Olympic stadium  in London on August 12, 2012. Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympic Games.
    • John Lennon - Athletes parade as the image of the late British rock singer/composer John Lennon is projected to the sounds of  his 'Imagine' during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 12, 2012 in London. Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympic Games.
    • John Lennon - A giant screen shows British singer and songwriter John Lennon (R) and Japanese artist Yoko Ono from the 'Imagine' video during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games at the Olympic stadium in London on August 12, 2012.
    • John Lennon - A joke immigration card handwritten by John Lennon of The Beatles (Est.USD $6,000-$8,000) is on display at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, California on the first day of Julien's two-day Music Icons and Sports Legends auction, June 23, 2012.
    • John Lennon - John Lennon lookalike, Gary Gibson, performs during an open audition at the Gielgud Theatre in central London on May 8, 2012, where musicians will be chosen to play the roles of John, Paul, Ringo and George in the production 'Let It Be' which will open in September 2012.
    • John Lennon - John Lennon lookalike, Gary Gibson, poses for a photograph at the Gielgud Theatre in central London on May 8, 2012, before attending an open audition to play the part of John Lennon in the production 'Let It Be' which will open in September 2012.
    • John Lennon - TOPSHOTS A Bulgarian woman lays flowers at a newly inaugurated John Lennon memorial marking the 30th anniversary of the musician's death in central Sofia on December 8, 2010. Lennon was killed by lone gunman Mark Chapman's bullet outside a luxury apartment block in New York on December 8, 1980.
    • John Lennon - A letter documenting the break up of 'The Beatles' is displayed before being auctioned during a pop memorabilia show at Christie's in London 29 April 2005. The letter, signed by three Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr dated 18 April 1969 provides evidence of the disbanding of the pop group. The letter is valued around £40,000-£60,000 and will be auctioned 5 May.
    • John Lennon - ==ATTENTION EDITORS== THKS TO CORRECT SUBJECT AND MATTER IN SERIE ODD01 TO ODD06 - 
A rare first working draft oF lyrics for "I'm only sleeping" in John Lennon's hand writing and a mug with Lennon's face is on display at Christie's auction house in London, 26 September  2005.The hand written draft is valued at some £200 000 (300 000 euro) and will go on sale among other Beatles artifacts  at a pop memorabilia auction later this week.AFP PHOTO/ODD ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
    • John Lennon - Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono visit 22 March 1969 the Paris Flea Market.
    • John Lennon - A photographer photograph Beatles memorabilia on display at Christie's auction house in London, 26 September  2005. The mugs and a rare  hand written draft by John Lennon of the Song I'm only sleeping and  valued at some £200 000 (300 000 euro) will go on sale among other Beatles memorabilia  at a pop memorabilia auction later this week.
    • John Lennon - A picture taken 19 October 2005 at the 'Cite de la Musique' in Paris on the eve of the opening of  'Unifinished Music', an exhibition dedicated to Beatles' member John Lennon. The exhibition opens from 20 October 2005 to 25 June 2006.
    • John Lennon - The Beatles George Harrison (L), Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and John Lennon (R) are seen on a mural in Hollywood,California 06 November 2006. Until the 1960s, public murals in Los Angeles were few and far between, isolated instances of commemoration or appreciation. Los Angeles is one of the world's mural capitals. Murals that serve as significant area landmarks have been created by both famous and anonymous artists.
    • John Lennon - Christie's porter Claire Cohen holds a  rare first working draft of lyrics for 'I'm only sleeping' in John Lennon's hand writing among guitars at Christie's auction house in London, 26 September  2005. The hand written draft is valued at some £200 000 (300 000 euro) and will go on sale among other Beatles artifacts  at a pop memorabilia auction later this week.
    • John Lennon - Curators place a Gibson SG guitar once owned by Beatles guitarist George Harrison on a stand at Christie's Auction House in London, 19 November, 2004. The guitar was used by Harrison during the 'Revolver' recording session and by John Lennon during the 'White Album' session. It is expected to recieve bids of around 500,000 USD when it goes to auction on 17 December, 2004.
    • John Lennon - A woman visits on February 18, 2011 the Beatles museum, in Buenos Aires, owned by Argentine Rodolfo Vazquez, 53, who is in the Guinness Book of Records for owning the biggest Beatles collection in the world -- some 8,500 pieces. The world's tango capital is dancing to a new beat at Latin America's first museum devoted to the Beatles, displaying items from boots to wigs and even condoms stamped with John Lennon's picture. Although none of the 2,500 articles on display actually ever belonged to a member of the Fab Four, thousands of visitors have already poured through the doors of the Buenos Aires-based museum since it opened a few weeks ago.
    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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