I, John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool on October 9, 1940, the only child of my parents Fred and Julia Lennon. My parents split when I was a toddler and I was raised by My aunt, Mary Smith.I later found that my moother was living just around the cornor from me, well you can imagine my surprise.Now I remained close to Julia, who encouraged me to learn the banjo, later switching to guitar. Tragedy struck when John was 17, when Julia was struck and killed by a car.Ironicly and sadly my mother was killed by a drunken police man driving the car.My first band was a skiffle group called The Quarrymen, named after My school, Quarry Bank High. A 15-year-old Paul McCartney joined in 1957, followed by George Harrison a year later.After leaving school, I went to art college in Liverpool, where I met fellow student Stuart Sutcliffe. Success first started at home for the Beatles. Sutcliffe joined the group on bass, and with new drummer Pete Best and a new name, The Beatles, they secured a residency in Hamburg.The group honed their skills playing wild, all-night concerts in the city's notorious red light district.Sutcliffe left in 1961 to concentrate on painting - but died shortly afterwards of a brain haemorrhage, This deeply effected my life as I was close to Sutcliffe since young.Back in Liverpool, The Beatles swiftly gained a following and local businessman Brian Epstein became their manager. Brian Epstein was a lovley, handsome man and a great guy.After being famously turned down by Decca,we finally secured a recording contract with EMI, with Ringo Starr key replacing Pete Best on drums. The Beatles' first appearance at JFK airport in New York First single Love Me Do reached a modest number 17, but follow-up Please Please Me topped the UK chart. Beatlemania was born.In 1963, Myself and my new wife Cynthia had a son Julian while the group went from strength to strength with a string of Number One hits, conquering the US the following year.By the mid-60s, The Beatles were the world's biggest band, and Lennon & McCartney songwriting skills were developing at breathtaking speed.We had to give up touring for good after I said the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, and the band received death threats.The Beatles' career peaked in 1967 with the release of the psychedelic classic Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. But the same year saw Brian Epstein die of a drugs overdose.Yoko and I married in 1969 after myslef and previous wife divorced.Relations within the Beatles were strained - despite the success of the White Album - and 1970 saw them split.My...killier..., Mark Chapman, had an application for parole turned down in October 2000.

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