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Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr Mark the 40th Anniversary of John Lennon's Death

Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr Mark the 40th Anniversary of John Lennon's Death
By Brock Thiessen
Published Dec 08, 2020
Today marks a grim milestone for Beatles fans, as it's the 40th anniversary of John Lennon's death. In honour of the late music legend, his surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, have paid tribute to Lennon, with his widow Yoko Ono and sons Julian Lennon and Sean Ono Lennon also marking the sombre anniversary.

On Twitter, Ono wrote: "The death of a loved one is a hollowing experience. After 40 years, Sean, Julian and I still miss him. 'Imagine all the people living life in peace.'" McCartney also shared a tribute on his social media, writing: "A sad sad day but remembering my friend John with the great joy he brought to the world. I will always be proud and happy to have known and worked with this incredible Scouse X love Paul." Starr, meanwhile, wrote, "We all had to say goodbye to John peace and love John. I'm asking Every music radio station in the world sometime today play 'Strawberry Fields Forever.' Peace and love." As for Lennon's sons, Julian Lennon and Sean Ono Lennon kept their tributes mainly visual today.

On December 8, 1980, Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon outside the artist's Manhattan apartment. In August of this year, Chapman was denied parole for the 11th time, using the hearing to also apologize to Yoko Ono. 

Earlier this year, the box set Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes was released on October 9 — the day that would have been Lennon's 80th birthday.