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Lennon Lives by Jeff Giles in Newsweek anticipates the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death on Dec. 8.
Out there on the wires, Mark David Chapman, Lennon's murderer, has all the headlines this week. He didn't want to be a nobody, and he's on Dateline celebrating the 25th anniversary of him becoming a somebody by killing John Lennon. John Lennon's Solo Catalogue to be Available in Digital Format for the First Time: London, UK, 11/14/2005 - First digital release will be the definitive Greatest Hits double album "Working Class Hero" on November 7, followed by his complete solo catalogue on Dec 5.... MP3 single: Working Class Hero. When I was a kid, teachers and other grownups trying to make conversation would ask if I were related to the The Lennon Sisters, a saccharine singing quartet that delighted the blue-haired set on the Lawrence Welk TV variety show from 1955 to 1968. When the Beatles arrived and John was named Lennon, I finally got to shake them off, answering the "Are you related...?" question with, "No, John Lennon." Ever since, I've liked my name. 
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It all seems long ago and far away now, as it is. John would be 65.
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