Remembering John Lennon
With Tuesday marking what would have been John Lennon's 78th birthday,take a look back at Lennon's life and career, from The Beatles and beyond.
Lennon on the set of the TV special "The Beatles" in 1964. That year saw "Beatlemania" hit with full force, with the soundtrack to "A Hard Day's Night" coming out in June and going to No. 1 in the United States.
Lennon and Yoko Ono on the first day of their Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel on March 25, 1969.
Lennon and Ono leave Amsterdam after their Bed-In for Peace on March 31, 1969.
A 1971 advertisement for Lennon's album "Imagine" from Billboard magazine. Lennon's second solo album, "Imagine" was released in the United States on Sept. 9, 1971, and in the United Kingdom on Oct. 8, 1971.
Lennon and host Tom Snyder from the television program "Tomorrow." The June 27, 1975, interview was the last TV interview Lennon gave before he was murdered in 1980.
This John Lennon statue was unveiled outside the Cavern Pub in Liverpool, England, on Jan. 16, 1997. The statue's pose is a representation of the cover of Lennon's 1975 album "Rock 'n' Roll."
On the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death in 2010, fans left mementos and flowers around the Imagine mosaic in the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park.
A sculpture of Lennon's face as part of the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 12, 2012.
Another look at the Strawberry Fields memorial to Lennon in New York City's Central Park, this time on July 17, 2012.
Lennon on the set of the TV special "The Beatles" in 1964. That year saw "Beatlemania" hit with full force, with the soundtrack to "A Hard Day's Night" coming out in June and going to No. 1 in the United States.
Lennon and Yoko Ono on the first day of their Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel on March 25, 1969.
Lennon and Ono leave Amsterdam after their Bed-In for Peace on March 31, 1969.
A 1971 advertisement for Lennon's album "Imagine" from Billboard magazine. Lennon's second solo album, "Imagine" was released in the United States on Sept. 9, 1971, and in the United Kingdom on Oct. 8, 1971.
Lennon and host Tom Snyder from the television program "Tomorrow." The June 27, 1975, interview was the last TV interview Lennon gave before he was murdered in 1980.
This John Lennon statue was unveiled outside the Cavern Pub in Liverpool, England, on Jan. 16, 1997. The statue's pose is a representation of the cover of Lennon's 1975 album "Rock 'n' Roll."
On the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death in 2010, fans left mementos and flowers around the Imagine mosaic in the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park.
A sculpture of Lennon's face as part of the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 12, 2012.
Another look at the Strawberry Fields memorial to Lennon in New York City's Central Park, this time on July 17, 2012.
Lennon on the set of the TV special "The Beatles" in 1964. That year saw "Beatlemania" hit with full force, with the soundtrack to "A Hard Day's Night" coming out in June and going to No. 1 in the United States.
Lennon and Yoko Ono on the first day of their Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel on March 25, 1969.
Lennon and Ono leave Amsterdam after their Bed-In for Peace on March 31, 1969.
A 1971 advertisement for Lennon's album "Imagine" from Billboard magazine. Lennon's second solo album, "Imagine" was released in the United States on Sept. 9, 1971, and in the United Kingdom on Oct. 8, 1971.
Lennon and host Tom Snyder from the television program "Tomorrow." The June 27, 1975, interview was the last TV interview Lennon gave before he was murdered in 1980.
This John Lennon statue was unveiled outside the Cavern Pub in Liverpool, England, on Jan. 16, 1997. The statue's pose is a representation of the cover of Lennon's 1975 album "Rock 'n' Roll."
On the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death in 2010, fans left mementos and flowers around the Imagine mosaic in the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park.
A sculpture of Lennon's face as part of the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 12, 2012.
Another look at the Strawberry Fields memorial to Lennon in New York City's Central Park, this time on July 17, 2012.