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Who Was John Lennon?

Musician John Lennon met Paul McCartney in and invited McCartney to join his music group. They eventually formed the most successful songwriting partnership in musical history. Lennon left the Beatles in , and later released albums with his wife, Yoko Ono, among others.

On December 8, , he was killed by a crazed fan named Mark David Chapman.

Early Life

John Winston Lennon was born on October 9, , in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, during a German air raid in World War II.

When he was four years old, Lennon's parents separated and he ended up living with his Aunt Mimi.

John Lennon - Who is he? (Life Story - Biography)

Lennon's father was a merchant seaman. He was not present at his son's birth and did not see a lot of his son when he was young.

Lennon's mother, Julia, remarried but visited him and Mimi regularly. She taught Lennon how to play the banjo and the piano and purchased his first guitar. Lennon was devastated when Julia was fatally struck by a car driven by an off-duty police