John
Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an
English singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the
founding members of The Beatles, and together with Paul McCartney formed
one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th
century. Born
and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze as
a teenager, his first band, The Quarrymen, evolving into The Beatles in
1960. As the
group began to undergo the disintegration that led to their breakup
towards the end of that decade, Lennon launched a solo career that would
span the next, punctuated by critically acclaimed albums, including
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give
Peace a Chance" and "Imagine".
Lennon
revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, his writing,
on film, and in interviews, and became controversial through his work
as a peace activist. He
moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War
resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to
deport him, while his songs were adapted as anthems by the anti-war
movement. Disengaging
himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to his family,
Lennon reemerged in October 1980 with a new single and a comeback album,
Double Fantasy, but was murdered weeks after their release.
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