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1965 Ferrari 330GT Belonging to John Lennon Going Up For Auction

Wes Glinsmann — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:43:02 +0000

John Lennon got his driver’s license just after The Beatles had become the biggest band in the world. So it’s probably not a surprise that his first ride was a little fancier than yours. Lennon’s first car will be going up on the auction block in July. In February 1965, The Beatles had just finished [...]

Pussy Riot to Receive John Lennon Memorial Peace Grant

Jeff Giles — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:02:28 +0000

The members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot have had quite a year, enduring trial and imprisonment for their outspoken criticism of their country’s current political regime — but they’re about to receive a little extra money for their trouble. The cash infusion comes courtesy of the Lennonono Grant for Peace, a biennial award administered [...]

John Lennon's Tooth Slated for Auction

Shauna Wright — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:23:22 +0000

Beatles fans often clamor to get their hands on just about anything related to the Fab Four, but this is one piece of memorabilia that may give pause to even the most rabid collector: a tooth, purportedly pulled from the mouth of John Lennon.

Was John Lennon a Secret Republican?

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:38:07 +0000

John Lennon came to reject the left-wing politics that he championed in the late ’60s and early ’70s, and had become a supporter of right-wing icon Ronald Reagan. That’s the claim made by his former personal assistant, Fred Seaman. According to Seaman, Lennon’s last personal assistant, the music legend “was a very different person back [...]