When the Beatles crossed the Atlantic,  it was Paul who made my heart skip a beat; but, I thought all four boys were quite something. I remember the caption under John's face on the first Ed Sullivan Show:  "Sorry girls, he's married!"  This meant to me that he was off-limits.  I bought John's books (In His Own Write and Spaniard in the Works); but it was not until the Beatles broke up that I fully appreciated his talent and his contribution towards the success of the Beatles.  Although I loved most of what he wrote, my favorite John Lennon song has to be IMAGINE -- a song that expressed exactly what I have always believed in -- although Woman and Beautiful Boy both come close second due to their sentiment and lovely melodies.

On December 9, 1980 I was a substitute teacher at Brockton High School (Brockton, MA). I heard some students talking about the murder of John Lennon. It never occurred to me that they were talking about THE John Lennon. How could they have known about him? After all, they were little children when the Beatles broke up. I believed that they were talking about a student. That was bad enough. Soon, of course, I knew the truth and became devastated. His death was so senseless and served no purpose. A gentle man meeting a violent death -- it still makes no sense.

After John died, I was pleased to read that he had brought Julian back into his life and that he left a legacy of love for Sean and Yoko.

So much has been written about John, especially about his union with Yoko Ono. Even now there are people who hate Yoko with a passion and feel that she was responsible for the break-up of the Beatles. However, John said very early on in his Bealtes' career that he would not like to end up being known as a "forty-year-old Beatle." I am not sure if he got his wish.

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