Today would have been John Lennon's 80th birthday.
We're revisiting a 1980 article published weeks before his death.
Lennon talks about stress from the music industry and depression after separating from Yoko Ono latimes.com/entertainment/…
We're revisiting a 1980 article published weeks before his death.
Lennon talks about stress from the music industry and depression after separating from Yoko Ono latimes.com/entertainment/…
Lennon was known as the intellectual Beatle.
But Lennon revealed that even he believed he was headed for disaster before going into exile in 1975.
The pressure of delivering hits and advocacy was a heavy burden to bear latimes.com/entertainment/…
But Lennon revealed that even he believed he was headed for disaster before going into exile in 1975.
The pressure of delivering hits and advocacy was a heavy burden to bear latimes.com/entertainment/…
Lennon said his danger point was an 18-month “lost weekend” in the early 1970s.
Depressed by a separation from Ono, he spent time in LA on drugs and booze latimes.com/entertainment/…
Depressed by a separation from Ono, he spent time in LA on drugs and booze latimes.com/entertainment/…
In the interview, he also revealed some other pretty risky behavior he was engaged in.
The breakthrough for Lennon was when he and Yoko reconciled. “Without her, I’d probably be dead,” he told writer Robert Hilburn.
latimes.com/entertainment/…
The breakthrough for Lennon was when he and Yoko reconciled. “Without her, I’d probably be dead,” he told writer Robert Hilburn.
latimes.com/entertainment/…
With the Beatles, he helped chronicle the attitudes of a generation. Lennon is seen as most responsible for the group's social conscience
He was murdered December 8, 1980: latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011…
He was murdered December 8, 1980: latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011…
Here we describe the fabled day that John Lennon met Paul McCartney: latimes.com/entertainment/…
Here's a gallery of John Lennon's art: latimes.com/socal/daily-pi…
Speaking of music legends, here's why Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 hit “Dreams”—which has recently seen a new life—fits perfectly with these times latimes.com/entertainment-…
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