John Winston Ono Lennon MBE
Lennon was an English rock musician, singer-songwriter, author, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. With Paul McCartney, Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century and "wrote some of the most popular music in rock and roll history". He is ranked the second most successful songwriter in UK singles chart history after McCartney.
Some notable Lennon songs include 'Imagine', 'Give Peace A Chance' (The Youtube video contains footage of the famous "bed-ins", '(Just Like) Starting Over', 'Happy Xmas (War is Over)' and 'Woman'.
Lennon was born in 1940 in Liverpool. He married Cynthia Powell in 1962. They had one son, John Julian. In 1969 he married Yoko Ono and they had one son, Sean. On the 8th of December 1980 Mark Capman shot and killed Lennon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon
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