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| | Learn more about John Lennon in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | John Winston Ono Lennon (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980), better known as simply John Lennon, rose to fame as songwriter, singer, and guitarist for the influential 1960s rock group, The Beatles. |
 | | He was married first to Cynthia Lennon but left her for the Japanese artist Yoko Ono; he had always disliked his middle name and at his second marriage changed it to "Ono." (His mother had named him after Winston Churchill.) He nicknamed himself "Dr. Winston O'Boogie." |
 | | Less than a month after its release, however, Lennon was shot dead on the night of December 8, 1980, by Mark David Chapman, in front of his apartment block in New York City. |
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