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Born
He was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK -
Quarry Men
At 16 years old, Lennon formed a skiffle band named the Quarry Men, after his school -
Paul McCartney
Lennon met McCartney at a church fete and asked him to join the Quarry Men -
The Beatles
The Beatles were discovered by Brian Epstein at Liverpool’s Cavern Club -
Cynthia Powell
Lennon married Cynthia Powell, then had a son named Julian, named after Lennon’s mother Julia -
Divorce
Cynthia was forced to keep a very low profile during Beatlemania, which later led her to a divorce to Lennon -
Yoko Ono
Lennon remarried to Yoko Ono, which he met at an Indica Gallery years before -
The Beatles Break-Up
Lennon left The Beatles September 1969, but the information didn’t come out until 1970 when everyone else decided to leave and go their on way -
Moving
Lennon and Ono moved to the US but were constantly threatened with deportation by the Nixon Administration -
Sean Lennon
Lennon and Ono settled down and she gave birth to their only son Sean -
Death
John Lennon died by being shot several times in front of his apartment complex in New York City by a deranged fan named Mark David Chapman
