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JOHN LENNON BIOGRAPHY
Born John Winston Lennon on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool,England to Julia Stanley and Fred Lennon. After Julia and Fred got married, Fred was signed on a boat and was off to the West Indies for three months. He came back for a while but then he took off again. Lennon kept sending money to Julia, she received it at the freight office each month. When John was 18 months old, Fred stopped sending anything. Julia was told at the freight office that Fred had deserted ship and no one knew of his whereabouts. That was the unofficial end to Julia and Fred Lennon's marriage. Julia had found another man whom she preferred to live with. (When John was older he called this man Twitchy.)But John was a baby, he couldn't come to live with her. Julia gave John to her sister Mimi to take care of him. John lived with his Auntie Mimi and her husband George. John was a good child and he got good grades in school. He loved to draw and compose poems. When John entered Quarry Bank High School in 1952 he became a scrapper, he wanted to fight, become the leader of the pack. His grades even dropped. When John was 14, he showed interest in pop music. He would continuously play a mouth organ that was given to him by a bus driver. Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly was his idols. He wanted a guitar above anything else. Auntie Mimi said that it won't get him anywhere. But after much talk, she finally got him one.
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