John Lennon

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John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980), was an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning English songwriter, singer, musician, graphic artist, author and political activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founders of The Beatles. John Lennon and Paul McCartney formed a critically acclaimed and commercially successful partnership writing songs for The Beatles and other artists. John Lennon, with his cynical edge and knack for introspection, and McCartney, with his storytelling optimism and gift for melody, complemented one another uniquely. In his solo career, John Lennon wrote and recorded songs such as "Imagine" and "Give Peace a Chance".

John Lennon revealed his rebellious nature and irreverent wit on television, in films such as A Hard Day's Night (1964), in books such as In His Own Write, and in press conferences and interviews. John Lennon channelled his fame and penchant for controversy into his work as a peace activist, artist, and author.

John Lennon had two sons, Julian, with his first wife Cynthia, and Sean, with his second wife, avant-garde artist Yoko Ono. John Lennon was murdered by a deranged fan, Mark David Chapman, in New York City on 8 December 1980 after John Lennon and Ono returned home from a recording session.

In 2002, respondents to a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted John Lennon into eighth place. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked John Lennon number 38 on their list of "The Immortals: The Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time" and ranked The Beatles at number 1.

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