Yoko’s note also includes the following hashtags: “#enoughisenough #peace #guncontrolnow #gunviolence #nra #guns #gunsafety #firearms #endgunviolence.”Ĭopyright © 2020, ABC Audio. since John Lennon was shot and killed on December 8, 1980.”

‘Imagine all the people living life in peace.'”Īlong with the note, the post features a well-known photo of Lennon’s bloody eyeglasses in front of a window in the couple’s New York City apartment, and the message, “Over 1,436,000 people have been killed by guns in the U.S.A. “After 40 years, Sean, Julian and I still miss him. “The death of a loved one is a hollowing experience,” Ono writes. Meanwhile, Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, also posted a message honoring her late husband, while promoting gun control and calling for an end to gun violence. I’m asking Every music radio station in the world sometime today play ‘Strawberry Fields Forever.’ Peace and love.” Similarly, Starr posted a late-’60s photo of him and John together with the following accompanying note, which includes a special song request: “Tuesday, 8 December 1980 we all had to say goodbye to John peace and love John. I will always be proud and happy to have known and worked with this incredible Scouser! X love Paul.” Today Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Gregg Bissonette, Hamish Stuart and Edgar Winter announce new Canadian shows for 2022 that include a Winnipeg date on Octoat Canada Life Centre. A year later their daughter Lee was diagnosed with a brain tumour. McCartney posted a photo of him and Lennon in the studio during the late 1960s, along with a message that reads, “A sad sad day but remembering my friend John with the great joy he brought to the world. Ringo was at first wife Maureen’s side when she died of leukaemia, aged 48, in 1994. On the 40th anniversary of John Lennon‘s murder, The Beatles‘ two surviving members, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, have posted messages on their social media pages paying tribute to their late friend and former band mate. 😎✌️🌟❤️🎶🎼💝☮️ Zuffante/Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images I’m asking Every music radio station in the world sometime today play Strawberry Fields Forever. Tuesday, 8 December 1980 we all had to say goodbye to John peace and love John.

📷 by Linda McCartney /oNL0ihzhvl- Paul McCartney December 8, 2020 Starr was so fearful of an assassination attempt that he repositioned the cymbals on his drum set, so they sat vertically rather than horizontal. I will always be proud and happy to have known and worked with this incredible Scouser! X love Paul #JohnLennon Ringo Starr received the scare of his life in 1965 when someone telephoned him and issued a death threat just before he was set to perform a show in Montreal.

Lennon’s sons Julian and Sean also posted photos of their late father.Ī sad sad day but remembering my friend John with the great joy he brought to the world. (In 1980, McCartney was scorned for his first public statement after Lennon’s death – “It’s a drag” – but he later clarified the statement was made out of shock, not callousness.)Īdded Ringo, “Tuesday, 8 December 1980 we all had to say goodbye to John peace and love John. “I will always be proud and happy to have known and worked with this incredible Scouser!” “A sad sad day but remembering my friend John with the great joy he brought to the world,” McCartney wrote via Twitter, alongside a photo of the iconic songwriting duo. Naturally, Lennon’s former bandmates/creative collaborators have spent some of today reflecting on his passing, most notably fellow Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. RELATED: 10 Little-Known Facts About The Beatles One of the movies he participated in was Caveman, and his co-star was none other than Barbara Bach. The Beatles had broken up ten years before, and Ringo was taking a temporary break from music to pursue a different passion: acting. 8, 1980 – John Lennon was shot outside of the Dakota in New York City. Ringo Starr met the woman who would become the love of his life in 1980.

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