Biographic - Sunday October 11, 2020 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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This week marked 80 years since the birth of one of the most innovative and influential musicians in the entire history of popular culture. Born in Liverpool, England, on October 9, 19940, John Winston Lennon was raised by his aunt and uncle he dropped out of Art school to concentrate on music, teaming up with Paul McCartney and George Harrison to form the group that became The Beatles. They honed their musical skills in the rough-and-ready nightclubs of Hamburg, Germany, before returning to Britain and recruiting Ringo Starr to replace their original drummer. Their debut single, "Love me Do." was released in 1962, and within 18 months, they were a global phenomenon. Hit followed hit, the Lennon & McCartney songwriting partnership producing classic pop that endures to this day from "She Loves You" to "Help" from "Strawberry Fields Forever" to "Revolution" each single and album, each movie was greeted with worldwide fanfare, and the "Fab Four"became the most famous people on the planet. By the end of the decade, The Beatles had outgrown the "Lovable Moptop" personas. Weary of the limitations imposed on them by years of "Beatleania" the group disbanded in 1969. Two years later, Lennon relocated to New York with second wife Yoko Ono. Having regretted not spending more time with Julian. The only child from his first marriage. John withdrew from the public eye in 1975 to enjoy fatherhood after the birth of his son Sean. On December, 8, 1980 at the outset of a music comeback, 40-year-old John Lennon was shot and killed by a deranged stalker, plugin millions of Rock fans around the world into mourning. Lennon was subsequently inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice, as a member of The Beatles in 1988 and as a solo artist in 1994.

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