Born '' ' John Winston Lennon ' '' in Liverpool , he became involved in the skiffle craze as a teenager . In 1957 , he formed his first band , the Quarrymen , which evolved into the Beatles in 1960 . Further to his Plastic Ono Band singles such as " Give Peace a Chance " and " Instant Karma ! " , Lennon subsequently produced albums that included '' John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band '' and '' Imagine '' , and songs such as " Working Class Hero " , " Imagine " and " Happy Xmas ( War Is Over ) " . After moving to New York City in 1971 , he never returned to England again . In 1975 , he disengaged himself from the music business to raise his infant son Sean , but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the album '' Double Fantasy '' . He was shot and killed in the archway of his Manhattan apartment building three weeks after the album 's release
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Murder of John Lennon
John Lennon