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Lennon was the most outspoken among the [[Beatles]] on political issues, advocating pacifism during the [[Vietnam War]]. At one point the [[United States]] government investigated him. | Lennon was the most outspoken among the [[Beatles]] on political issues, advocating pacifism during the [[Vietnam War]]. At one point the [[United States]] government investigated him. | ||
| − | After a self-imposed break from music to focus on his family and raising his young son Sean, Lennon produced a new album with his wife [[Yoko Ono]] in 1980, entitled "Double Fantasy." Tragically, less than a month after its release Lennon was shot dead by a crazed fan named Mark David Chapman, on December 8, 1980. Fans worldwide went into a profound mourning, while Democrats demanded increased [[gun control]]. | + | After a self-imposed break from music to focus on his family and raising his young son Sean, Lennon produced a new album with his wife [[Yoko Ono]] in 1980, entitled "Double Fantasy." Tragically, less than a month after its release Lennon was shot dead by a crazed fan named Mark David Chapman, on December 8, 1980. Fans worldwide went into a profound mourning, while Democrats demanded increased [[gun control]].{{fact}} |
Lennon's most famous individual work is anti-religious, anti-war, anti-establishment song entitled "Imagine", where there is "above us only sky." | Lennon's most famous individual work is anti-religious, anti-war, anti-establishment song entitled "Imagine", where there is "above us only sky." | ||
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John Lennon, full name John Winston Ono Lennon (1940-1980), was a member of the Beatles.
Though none of the Beatles were as successful on their own as they were as a group, John Lennon was considered by many to be have the most varied talent. He struggled with a drug addiction, however, and several of his songs related to his habit, such as "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" with the Beatles and "Cold Turkey" on his own.
Lennon was the most outspoken among the Beatles on political issues, advocating pacifism during the Vietnam War. At one point the United States government investigated him.
After a self-imposed break from music to focus on his family and raising his young son Sean, Lennon produced a new album with his wife Yoko Ono in 1980, entitled "Double Fantasy." Tragically, less than a month after its release Lennon was shot dead by a crazed fan named Mark David Chapman, on December 8, 1980. Fans worldwide went into a profound mourning, while Democrats demanded increased gun control.[Citation Needed]
Lennon's most famous individual work is anti-religious, anti-war, anti-establishment song entitled "Imagine", where there is "above us only sky."
He remains a hero in Britain, where he was ranked in the top 10 of the 2002 "100 Greatest Britons" poll sponsored by the BBC.
Religious views
Lennon's famous quote in criticism of Christianity was in 1966:
- Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now. I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.
After Christians worldwide criticized his attitude, Lennon held a press conference on August 11, 1966 in Chicago at which he said:
- I suppose if I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I would have gotten away with it. I'm sorry I opened my mouth. I'm not anti-God, anti-Christ, or anti-religion. I was not knocking it. I was not saying we are greater or better.