Overview
- People publishes a career-spanning photo essay, from the Beatles’ 1964 Ed Sullivan breakthrough to late-1960s landmarks and Lennon’s 1970 departure to go solo.
- EntertainmentNow highlights defining tracks including “Imagine,” notes Yoko Ono’s 2017 co-writing credit, and recalls Lennon’s activism and partnership with Paul McCartney.
- Coverage notes one of the last photos taken on Dec. 6, 1980 at The Hit Factory while Lennon and Ono worked on “Walking on Thin Ice,” released weeks later in January 1981.
- Lennon, 40, was shot and killed on Dec. 8, 1980 outside the Dakota in New York City while walking with Yoko Ono, a loss that continues to resonate across generations.
- Fresh remembrances revisit Ringo Starr’s 1981 account of rushing to support Ono and Sean and Paul McCartney’s reflection that his last phone call with Lennon was warm and consoling.