1253) John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon, 1940 – 1980). English singer, songwriter and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history. In 1969, he started the Plastic Ono Band with his second wife, Yoko Ono. After the Beatles disbanded in 1970, Lennon continued as a solo artist and as Ono's collaborator.
Controversial through his political and peace activism, after moving to New York City in 1971, his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a three-year attempt by the Nixon administration to deport him. In 1975, Lennon disengaged from the music business to raise his infant son Sean, and in 1980, returned with the Ono collaboration Double Fantasy. He was shot and killed in the archway of his Manhattan apartment building by a Beatles fan, Mark David Chapman, three weeks after the album's release.

- "But the one “same” Epstein could not conquer was John’s vivid auburn hair. John, like his mother, Julia, was a redhead."  http://www.rebeatmag.com/9-myths-about-john-lennon-and-the…/

- " His hair was very, very red, I remember being struck by that–because up til then, I wasn’t clear from pictures how red his hair was.”  https://www.tumblr.com/…/beatles%20hollywood.%20john%E2%80%…