(Dowswell)When John was a young boy he didn’t like to go to school, but he was very bright. He was a student with bad behavior. He skipped class time to write stories and draw. He didn’t like school because it was very boring to him. He was a smart kid though.
When John was still young he taught himself how to play a guitar that was given to him by his aunt. At age 15 he got a band together that was called the Quarrymen. Some that were in it were Paul McCartney and George Harrison. McCartney and Lennon were the ones who wrote the songs. After their first recording the band Crickets inspired them to change their names. So from then on they were called the Beatles. In 1961 a man named Brian Epstein discovered the Beatles at a club called Liver pools cavern where …show more content…
they would play on a regular basis. Epstein became their manager. As they kept playing their songs on the billboard kept rising to number one on the charts. The Beatles were becoming the most popular band in Britain.
John Lennon had married Cynthia Powell in August 1962.
She had a kid from a recent marriage that they raised together. His name was Julian. During the Beatlemania Cynthia was forced to keep a low profile. They divorced in 1968.
Before they got divorced people lost interest in Beatlemania in 1966 when they were accused of subbing the presidential family. The member’s lives were in danger. Lennon also had a remark that the band was “more popular than Jesus now” (John Lennon Biography). People all over had bonfires and threw in the Beatles music to show how angry they were with the band because of that comment. The band broke up when Epstein died of an accidental overdose on sleep pills
Later in his life he met Yoko Ono. He and Ono split up in 1973 right before his album was released. After he broke up with Ono he was lonely and made more albums. They were good albums for he was trying to find his voice again. Lennon got back with Ono in 1997, and had a baby named Sean a year after they got back
together.
Therefore John Lennon died December 8, 1980 outside his apartment where he was shot to death. His murder was a crazed fan. His wife Ono will have to raise their son alone. People will remember John Lennon for his good music and talent.