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* GrowOldWithMe: Title to one of the last songs he ever wrote. [[HarsherInHindsight He wrote it five weeks before his urder]].

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* GrowOldWithMe: Title to one of the last songs he ever wrote. [[HarsherInHindsight He wrote it five weeks before his urder]].murder]].
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In 1975, Lennon left the music business to raise his infant son Sean, before returning in 1980. On December 8 of that year, Lennon was shot dead outside the Dakota apartments in New York City shortly after completing a recording session. He was 40 years old. His killer, Mark David Chapman, was a fan of the Beatles who was incensed by Lennon's lifestyle and public statements, including lyrics in several of his songs ("God" and "Imagine") and his infamous 1966 remark that the Beatles had become "more popular than Jesus".

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In 1975, Lennon left the music business to raise his infant son Sean, before returning in 1980. On December 8 of that year, Lennon was shot dead outside the Dakota apartments in New York City shortly after completing a recording session. He was 40 years old. His killer, Mark David Chapman, was a fan of the Beatles who was incensed by Lennon's affluent lifestyle and public statements, including lyrics in several of his songs ("God" and "Imagine") and his infamous 1966 remark that the Beatles had become "more popular than Jesus".
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He left The Beatles in late 1969 to focus on his solo career with his wife Music/YokoOno. Around this time he became notorious and controversial for his political and peace activism; his criticism of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar resulted in a three-year attempt by the [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Nixon]] administration to deport him. Jon Wiener's biography ''Come Together: John Lennon in his time'' contextualizes John's personal life and journey within the larger political, cultural and social events of TheSixties and TheSeventies.

In 1975, Lennon left the music business to raise his infant son Sean, before returning in 1980. At the end, on December 8, 1980, Lennon was shot dead outside the Dakota apartments in New York City shortly after completing a recording session, by LoonyFan Mark David Chapman. He was 40 years old.

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He left The Beatles in late 1969 to focus on his solo career with his wife Music/YokoOno. Around this time time, he became notorious and controversial for his political and peace activism; his criticism of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar resulted in a three-year attempt by the [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Nixon]] administration to deport him. Jon Wiener's biography ''Come Together: John Lennon in his time'' contextualizes John's personal life and journey within the larger political, cultural and social events of TheSixties and TheSeventies.

In 1975, Lennon left the music business to raise his infant son Sean, before returning in 1980. At the end, on On December 8, 1980, 8 of that year, Lennon was shot dead outside the Dakota apartments in New York City shortly after completing a recording session, by LoonyFan Mark David Chapman. session. He was 40 years old.
old. His killer, Mark David Chapman, was a fan of the Beatles who was incensed by Lennon's lifestyle and public statements, including lyrics in several of his songs ("God" and "Imagine") and his infamous 1966 remark that the Beatles had become "more popular than Jesus".

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