Following his father 's murder on 8 December 1980 , Julian Lennon voiced anger and resentment towards him , saying , I 've never really wanted to know the truth about how dad was with me . There was some very negative stuff talked about me ... like when he said I 'd come out of a whisky bottle on a Saturday night . Stuff like that . You think , where 's the love in that ? Paul and I used to hang about quite a bit ... more than Dad and I did . We had a great friendship going and there seems to be far more pictures of me and Paul playing together at that age than there are pictures of me and my dad . Lennon chafed at hearing his father 's peace and love stance perpetually celebrated . He told the '' Daily Telegraph '' , " I have to say that , from my point of view , I felt he was a hypocrite " , he said , " Dad could talk about peace and love out loud to the world but he could never show it to the people who supposedly meant the most to him : his wife and son . How can you talk about peace and love and have a family in bits and pieces — no communication , adultery , divorce ? You ca n't do it , not if you 're being true and honest with yourself . " Lennon was excluded from his father 's will . However , a trust of £ 100,000 was created by his father to be shared between Julian and his half brother Sean . Julian sued his father 's estate and in 1996 reached a settlement agreement reportedly worth £ 20 million . By 2009 , Lennon 's feelings toward his father had mellowed considerably . Recalling his renewed contact with his father in the mid-1970s , he said , Dad and I got on a great deal better then . We had a lot of fun , laughed a lot and had a great time in general when he was with May Pang . My memories of that time with Dad and May are very clear — they were the happiest time I can remember with him . Lennon was educated at Ruthin School , a boarding independent school in the town of Ruthin in Denbighshire in North Wales
his father 's murder
Murder of John Lennon
Julian Lennon