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British musician and composer John Lennon in Germany, circa 1966
The Beatles — Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr — after each received an MBE at Buckingham Palace on Oct. 26, 1965.
John Lennon, singer, guitarist, and songwriter with the Beatles, plays an acoustic guitar during a television show filmed in Manchester, England, on Nov. 25, 1963.
British pop group the Beatles touring by train in Europe in the 1960s.
John Lennon of the Beatles emerges from the surf in Miami in February 1964.
Musician John Lennon during the filming of Magical Mystery Tour in the west of England on Sept. 16, 1967.
The Beatles prepare to perform their new single "Hello, Goodbye" on stage at the Saville Theatre in London in 1967.
John on tambourine at a recording session in the 1960s.
John Lennon playing the guitar in Rishikesh, India, where he was following a transcendental course with the rest of the Beatles members in 1968.
The Beatles and their wives at the Rishikesh in India with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in March 1968.
John Lennon waves his marriage certificate as his bride, Japanese artist Yoko Ono, stands at his side after their wedding at the Rock of Gibraltar on March 20, 1969.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono give a press conference in bed in their Amsterdam hotel, six days after their wedding in Gibraltar.
John Lennon and his son Julian in 1968.
John Lennon and his wife, artist, and musician Yoko Ono, as they attend a rally in London in 1975.
John Lennon gives the peace sign as he and his wife, Yoko Ono, arrive for a hearing on their deportation case at the US Immigration and Naturalization Service office in lower Manhattan on May 12, 1972.
John Lennon of The Beatles is seen here in December 1980.
John Lennon is seen at a news conference on May 13, 1968, at the Americana Hotel in New York.
Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, in 1969.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono protest against the Vietnam War in December 1969.
John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, in New York City on Aug. 22, 1980.
People gather at Central Park in New York to mourn the death of John Lennon in December 1980.
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