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John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England on October 9, 1940. He lived with his parents, Alfred and Julia Lennon, until Alfred walked out on the family in 1945 when John was five years old. Julia decided that she wasn't able to take care of John so she gave him up to her sister Mimi and her husband George. Lennon developed myopia while growing up and was issued a pair of National Health spectacles. These glasses, which were round and wired trimmed, became part of his iconic image. His relationship with his mother was estranged but there was still contact between the two. She helped to develop his musical interest by teaching him to play the banjo. Tragically Julia was killed by a drunken police officer on July 15, 1958 when John was 15 years old. Even though Lennon failed grammar school he got into the Liverpool College of Art. Here he met his first wife Cynthia Powell. John began to grow to hate the school and soon dropped out and became more interested in the American rock and......

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