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John Lennon
$\"A$ Lennon in 1974
Born	John Winston Lennon (1940-10-09)9 October 1940 Liverpool, England
Died	8 December 1980(1980-12-08) (aged 40) New York City, US
Cause of death	Gunshot wounds
Resting place	Cremated; ashes scattered in Central Park, New York City
Other names	John Winston Ono Lennon
Occupations	Singer songwriter musician author artist^[1] peace activist
Years active	1956\u20131980
Spouses	\n \n Cynthia Powell \n (m. 1962; div. 1968) \n \n Yoko Ono (m. 1969) \n
Partner	May Pang (1973\u20131975)
Children	Julian Sean
Parents	Alfred Lennon (father) Julia Stanley (mother)
Relatives	\n Julia Baird (half-sister) \n Mimi Smith (aunt) \n
Musical career
Genres	Rock pop experimental
Instruments	Vocals guitar keyboards harmonica
Labels	Parlophone Capitol Apple Geffen Polydor
Formerly of	The Quarrymen The Beatles The Dirty Mac Plastic Ono Band
\n Musical artist
Website	johnlennon.com
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John Winston Ono Lennon^{[nb 1]} (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and political activist. He gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history.^[3]\n

Born in Liverpool, Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze as a teenager. In 1956, he formed the Quarrymen, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Lennon initially was the group's de facto leader, a role he gradually seemed to cede to McCartney. Through his songwriting in the Beatles, he embraced myriad musical influences, initially writing and co-writing rock and pop-orientated hit songs in the band's early years, then later incorporating experimental elements into his compositions in the latter half of the Beatles' career as his songs became known for their increasing innovation. Lennon soon expanded his work into other media by participating in numerous films, including How I Won the War, and authoring In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works, both collections of nonsense writings and line drawings. Starting with \"All You Need Is Love\", his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement and the counterculture of the 1960s. \n

In 1969, he started the Plastic Ono Band with his second wife, multimedia artist Yoko Ono, held the two-week-long anti-war demonstration bed-in for peace, and left the Beatles to embark on a solo career. Lennon and Ono collaborated on many works, including a trilogy of avant-garde albums and several more films. After the Beatles disbanded, Lennon released his solo debut John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and the international top-10 singles \"Give Peace a Chance\", \"Instant Karma!\", \"Imagine\", and \"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)\". Moving to New York City in 1971, his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a three-year deportation attempt by the Nixon administration. Lennon and Ono separated from 1973 to 1975, during which time he produced Harry Nilsson's album Pussy Cats. He also had chart-topping collaborations with Elton John (\"Whatever Gets You thru the Night\") and David Bowie (\"Fame\"). Following a five-year hiatus, Lennon returned to music in 1980 with the Ono collaboration Double Fantasy. He was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman, three weeks after the album's release.\n

As a performer, writer or co-writer, Lennon had 25 number-one singles in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Double Fantasy, his second-best-selling non-Beatles album, won the 1981 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.^[4] That year, he won the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2002, Lennon was voted eighth in a BBC history poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer and 38th greatest artist of all time. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (in 1997) and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (twice, as a member of the Beatles in 1988 and as a solo artist in 1994).\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1964\n	A Hard Day's Night\n	Himself\n	\n
1965\n	Help!\n	Himself\n	\n
1967\n	Bottoms\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1967\n	How I Won the War\n	Gripweed\n	\n
1967\n	Magical Mystery Tour\n	Himself / Ticket Salesman / Magician with Coffee\n	Also narrator, writer and director (producer uncredited)\n
1967\n	Pink Floyd: London '66-'67\n	Himself (uncredited)\n	Documentary short\n
1968\n	Yellow Submarine\n	Himself\n	Cameo at the end\n
1968\n	Two Virgins\n	Himself\n	Short film, writer, producer, director\n
1968\n	No. 5\n	Himself\n	Short film, writer, producer, director\n
1969\n	Bed Peace\n	Himself\n	Writer, producer, director\n
1969\n	Honeymoon\n	Himself\n	Writer, producer, director\n
1969\n	Self-Portrait\n	Himself\n	Short film, writer, producer, director\n
1969\n	Walden (Diaries, Notes, and Sketches)\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1969\n	Muhammad Ali, the Greatest\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1970\n	Apotheosis\n	Himself\n	Short film, writer, producer, director\n
1970\n	Let It Be\n	Himself\n	Documentary (executive producer \u2013 as The Beatles)\n
1970\n	Fly\n	\u2014\n	Short film, writer, producer, director\n
1970\n	Freedom\n	\u2014\n	Short film, music, writer, producer, director\n
1970\n	3 Days in the Life\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1971\n	Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1971\n	Up Your Legs Forever\n	\u2014\n	Producer, director\n
1971\n	Erection\n	\u2014\n	Short film, producer, director\n
1971\n	Clock\n	Himself / Singer\n	Music, writer, producer, director\n
1971\n	Sweet Toronto\n	Himself\n	Concert film\n
1971\n	The Museum of Modern Art Show\n	Himself\n	Documentary short\n
1972\n	Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1972\n	Eat the Document\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1976\n	Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1977\n	The Day the Music Died\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1982\n	The Compleat Beatles\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1988\n	Imagine: John Lennon\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1990\n	The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1996\n	The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus\n	Himself\n	Concert film from 1968\n
2003\n	Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon\n	Himself\n	Remastered music video collection\n
2006\n	The U.S. vs. John Lennon\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2006\n	John & Yoko: Give Peace a Song\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2007\n	I Met the Walrus\n	Himself (voice)\n	Short film, recorded 1969\n
2008\n	All Together Now\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2010\n	LennoNYC\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2016\n	The Beatles: Eight Days a Week\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2018\n	Looking for Lennon\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2021\n	The Beatles: Get Back\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2022\n	The Lost Weekend : A Love Story\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2024\n	Daytime Revolution\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2024\n	One to One: John & Yoko\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2024\n	No Hamburg No Beatles\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2024\n	Beatles '64\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n

Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1963\u201364\n	Ready Steady Go!\n	Himself\n	Music program, 4 episodes\n
1964\n	Around the Beatles\n	Himself\n	Concert special\n
1964\n	What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A.\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1964\u201365\n	The Ed Sullivan Show\n	Himself\n	Variety show, 4 episodes\n
1965\n	The Music of Lennon & McCartney\n	Himself\n	Variety tribute special\n
1965\u201366\n	Not Only... But Also\n	Lavatory Attendant / Guest\n	Episodes: \"Episode #1.1\" (1965) and \"Christmas Special\" (1966)\n
1966\n	The Beatles at Shea Stadium\n	Himself\n	Concert special\n
1966\n	The Beatles in Japan\n	Himself\n	Concert special\n
1969\n	Rape\n	Himself\n	Drama/thriller, sound, editor, writer, producer, director\n
1971\u201372\n	The Dick Cavett Show\n	Himself\n	Talk show, 3 episodes\n
1972\n	John Lennon and Yoko Ono Present the One-to-One Concert\n	Himself\n	Concert special\n
1972\n	Imagine\n	Himself\n	Music film special\n
1975\n	A Salute to the Beatles: Once upon a Time\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1977\n	All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music\n	Himself\n	Documentary mini-series\n
1987\n	It Was Twenty Years Ago Today\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1995\n	The Beatles Anthology\n	Himself\n	Documentary mini-series\n
2000\n	Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2000\n	John & Yoko's Year of Peace\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2008\n	Classic Albums: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2018\n	John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n

v t e John Lennon family
Parents	\n Alfred Lennon (1912\u20131976) \n Julia Lennon (1914\u20131958) \n
Aunts and uncles	\n George Toogood Smith (1903\u20131955) \n Mimi Smith (1906\u20131991) \n
Half-sibling	\n Julia Baird (born 1947) \n
Children	\n Julian Lennon (born 1963) \n Sean Lennon (born 1975) \n
Wives	\n Cynthia Powell (1939\u20132015; married 1962\u20131968) \n Yoko Ono (born 1933; married 1969) \n
Relationships	\n May Pang (born 1950; partnered 1973\u20131975) \n

v t e Sean Lennon
Studio albums	\n Into the Sun (1998) \n Friendly Fire (2006) \n
Extended plays	\n Half Horse, Half Musician (1999) \n
Related	\n The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger \n Cibo Matto \n Charlotte Kemp Muhl \n Dopo Yume \n The Claypool Lennon Delirium\n Monolith of Phobos \n South of Reality \n John Lennon (father) \n Yoko Ono (mother) \n Julian Lennon (brother) \n

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Early years: 1940\u20131956

The Quarrymen to the Beatles: 1956\u20131970

Formation, fame and touring: 1956\u20131966

Studio years, break-up and solo work: 1966\u20131970

Solo career: 1970\u20131980

Initial solo success and activism: 1970\u20131972

\"Lost weekend\": 1973\u20131975

Hiatus and return: 1975\u20131980

Murder

Personal relationships

Cynthia Lennon

Brian Epstein

Julian Lennon

Yoko Ono

May Pang

Sean Lennon

Former Beatles

Political activism

Deportation attempt

FBI surveillance and declassified documents

Writing

Art

Musicianship

Instruments

Vocal style

Legacy

Accolades

Discography

Studio albums

Experimental studio albums with Yoko Ono

Filmography

Film

Television

Bibliography

See also

Notes

References

Citations

Sources

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