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Music AppreciationIMAGINE Group 4 Harmsworth Edward Vincent Wiesen John Winston Ono Lennon(9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) He was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member of the Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. With Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. In 1968, Yoko Ono met John Lennon in London trip, they got energy from each other. A year later they got married. At the same time, Lennon’s music development direction was also changed. Their efforts done for peace are still talked by many people. John Winston Lennon was born into a world at war with itself — a perfect symbol of the internal contradictions that defined his life and music. 约翰·温斯顿·列侬诞生于一个正在自相残杀的世界——这正是界定他的生命和音乐的内在冲突的绝好象征 December 1980: Death Main article: Death of John Lennon At around 10:50 pm on 8 December 1980, as Lennon and Ono(his second wife) returned to their New York apartment in the Dakota, Mark David Chapman shot Lennon in the back four times at the entrance to the building. Lennon was taken to the emergency room of nearby Roosevelt Hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival at 11:07 pm.Earlier that evening, Lennon had autographed a copy of Double Fantasy for Chapman. Ono issued a statement the next day, saying There is no funeral for John, ending it with the words, John loved and prayed for the human race. Please pray the same for him. His body was cremated at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. Ono scattered his ashes in New Yorks Central Park, where the Strawberry Fields memorial was later created. Chapman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years to life. As of 2013, he remains in prison, having been denied parole seven times. IMAGINE Imagine is the second album by John Lennon. Recorded and released in 1971, it tended towards songs that were gentler, more commer