John Winston LennonApril 1962
The Beatles return to Hamburg to play at the Star-Club, but they learn that Stuart Sutcliffe had died a few hours before they arrived, this was another shock for Lennon, after losing Uncle George and Julia
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The Beatles return to Hamburg to play at the Star-Club, but they learn that Stuart Sutcliffe had died a few hours before they arrived, this was another shock for Lennon, after losing Uncle George and Julia
Death of John Lennon, Lennon is shot dead by Mark David Chapman, in front of his apartment block in New York City
An opening ceremony is held for Strawberry Fields, an area in New York Citys Central Park dedicated to John Lennon
On what would have been John Lennons 50th birthday, "Imagine" is broadcast simultaneously in 130 countries
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