John Lennon's Death: Honoring John Lennon Birth And Not His Death

by NowPublic Staff | October 8, 2010 at 12:17 pm

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When Did John Lennon Die? More importantly, Celebrate When John Lennon was born- October 9th, 1940

The question is when should be someone be honored? On the anniversary of their birth or their death, or both?

Case in point: John Lennon was born on October 9th 1940 if he were not brutally shot down and killed by Mark David Chapman on December 8th 1980, John Lennon would celebrating his 70th birthday - Yoko Ono would still have a husband, Sean and Julian Lennon a father.

But of course that didn't happen Mark David Chapman remains in jail, Yoko Ono continues her artistic career living in New York, Sean and Julian are musicians in their own right.

For a particular generation the passing of John Lennon was a seismic event - the news of which made one stop. But the moment of his birth of course occurred before anyone knew he would into the legend he became before being untimely cut down at the age of 40.

But that does not mean John Lennon's 70th Birthday should not be celebrated in fact it should, and it is.

USA Today has a great rundown of how John Lennon's birthday anniversary is being celebrated around the world.

After performing in New York and Los Angeles, Ono takes the Plastic Ono Band, directed by son Sean, to Reykjavik, Iceland, for a concert Saturday. She'll also bestow the annual LennonOno Grant for Peace to four recipients before lighting the Imagine Peace Tower on Vioey island. View a live feed: imaginepeace.com.

•Lennon's son Julian and first wife Cynthia will unveil an 18-foot global Imagine Peace & Harmony monument on Saturday in Liverpool, the musician's birthplace. The Global Peace Initiative commissioned Lauren Voiers of Phoenix to sculpt the piece, to be situated in the five-acre Chavasse Park overlooking the River Mersey. Julian asked her to incorporate a white feather, a symbol of peace and his father's spirit, into the monument.