25 years ago today John Lennon died after being shot dead by a gunman named Mark Chapman. Millions mourned the death of perhaps the most famous Beatle. Today memorials are being held across the world.

On this anniversary, we pay tribute to Lennon??s life with historian Jon Wiener, author of "Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files" and "Come Together: John Lennon in His Time."

We also hear Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono describe their Bed-In For Peace. We play excerpts of Lennon singing ??Imagine? at the Apollo Theater in Harlem at a rally for the Attica prisoners and Lennon singing at the 1971 Free John Sinclair concert in Ann Arbor. In addition we air historic interviews with Pete Seeger discussing the significance of Lennon??s song ??Give Peace A Chance? and Abbie Hoffman on Lennon, the political radical.


You can watch or here interviews and a small documentary on

http://www.democracynow.org/

with Amy Goodman

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akamat Reviewed by akamat on . Our working Class hero Died today 25 years ago today John Lennon died after being shot dead by a gunman named Mark Chapman. Millions mourned the death of perhaps the most famous Beatle. Today memorials are being held across the world. On this anniversary, we pay tribute to Lennon??s life with historian Jon Wiener, author of "Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files" and "Come Together: John Lennon in His Time." We also hear Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono describe their Bed-In For Peace. We play excerpts of Lennon Rating: 5