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John Lennon

 
  • Date of Birth: October 9, 1940
  • Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, UK
  • Date of Death: December 8, 1980
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Liverpudlian (English)
  • Official Website: http://www.johnlennon.com
  • Genres: Comedy, Prose, Poetry

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John Winston Ono Lennon
By (his biggest fan): Snookeroo, Boogaloo, Bernie, and Brad

John Lennon was born on October 9th, 1940 in Liverpool, England while the Nazis were bombing the cities.  His mother left him to his aunt after a few years and his father had long gone.  Therefore, he was raised by his Aunt Mimi.  John saw his mother occassionally as time passed on, and he went to school.  John had been writing stories and drawing ever since he was a child.  He began getting into fights with other children (boys) and his grades began to drop.  Later on his teachers were giving his aunt bad reports about his behavior and such. 
John began listening to music on the radio and bought himself a guitar.  He formed a band with some of his schoolmates.  It really wasn't successful at all, since all over England and Liverpool, boys were beginnning to form groups.  John didn't meet Paul McCartney untill he was about the age of 17.  Paul played him a song on his guitar, and John wanted him in the group (he was good!).  Paul later on introduced John to George Harrison, who was even better than Paul.  But John, seeing that George was a little young, didn't at first want him in his group.  But later on, he agreed to it.  
Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) didn't come about until later.  The Beatles were already called The Beatles, and the drummer was Pete Best.  They had met Ringo before, and their manager wanted someone better than Pete Best.  That's where Ringo came into play.  A year or so later, it was BEATLEMANIA!!!
John Lennon felt trapped, misunderstood.  His songs were very different than those of Paul McCartney.  The song HELP was actually John Lennon's cry for help.  
John has two books published: In His Own Write and A Spaniard In The Works.  Both are full of prose and poetry and his own drawings.  Some of them are just plain confusing, but some you can actually understand what's going on.  Some (okay, a lot) of the words are different words (or misspelled) that mean something different. (Like the word Chrisbus actually means Christmas or the sentence: I was bored on the 9th of Octover 1940 when, I believe, the Nasties were still booming us led by Madalf Heatlump (Who had only one). Meaning: I was born on the 9th of October 1940 when, I believe, the Nazis were still bombing us led by Adolf Hitler.) 
As the years went by (again), John Lennon's life was changed by the meeting of Yoko Ono.  They fell in love, and together, they were a little weird.  He started bringing her to all of their recording sessions, which was to the other's disliking.  Most people blame Yoko for The Beatles breakup.  But I think that they could all contribute to a little bit of it.
Now John was on his own.  He formed his own group (The Plastic Ono Band) and had many huge hits (Imagine).  On December 8th, 1980 John was shot 5 times by Mark David Chapman and died.
Overall, John Lennon was a remarkable man who wrote strange, but very well done, stories.
 

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