Aware of his betrayal of Lennon 's trust when he published '' Lennon Remembers '' , Wenner sought to make amends following the singer 's fatal shooting in New York in December 1980 . For the John Lennon commemorative issue of '' Rolling Stone '' , Wenner wrote an effusive feature article that lauded Lennon 's achievements during and after the Beatles . Having renewed his friendship with Ono , Wenner also used the magazine to champion her work and to defend Lennon 's legacy against author Albert Goldman 's depiction in the controversial 1988 biography '' The Lives of John Lennon '' . McCartney believed that this commemorative issue , along with other posthumous tributes to Lennon , afforded his former bandmate a messiah-like status that served to diminish the importance of his own contribution to the Beatles . In his first major interview after Lennon 's death , McCartney said , " if I could get John Lennon back I 'd ask him to undo this legacy he 's left me . " Throughout the 1980s and 1990s , McCartney sought to correct what he saw as a Lennon-biased revisionism to the Beatles ' history , culminating in the 1997 publication of his authorised biography , '' Paul McCartney : Many Years from Now '' , by Barry Miles . In Torkelson Weber 's view , '' Many Years from Now '' represents the " closest thing to a personal rebuttal of the '' Lennon Remembers '' interview " from any of Lennon 's former bandmates
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