John Lennon in Pictures

A young John Lennon is pictured with his mother Julia at the home of his aunt Mimi, where he grew up. Picture: Mercury Press Agency / Rex Features

Circa 1948: John Lennon is pictured as a young boy in a school uniform and cap.
Picture: Pictorial Press/Getty Images

1960: George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe and John Lennon pose in a Hamburg fairground.
Picture: PA

December 1961: John Lennon is pictured live on stage with The Beatles at the Cavern
Club in Matthew Street, Liverpool. Picture: Evening Standard/Getty Images

December 1963: The Beatles pose with Eric and Ernie during the filming of
The Morecambe and Wise Show. Picture: ITV / Rex Features

February 9, 1964: Ed Sullivan stands with The Beatles during a rehearsal for the British group's first American appearance, in New York. Picture: AP

1964: The Beatles wave a Union flag as they board a flight in Paris, bound for home.
Picture: Daily Mail / Rex Features

1964: The Beatles take a blow from Cassius Clay while visiting the heavyweight contender's training camp in Miami Beach. Picture: Special Wire Picture / Rex Features

June 7, 1966: John Lennon is pictured in uniform during the filming of "How I Won The War"
in Hamburg, Germany. Picture: Daily Mail / Rex Features

1967: John poses with his psychedelic Rolls Royce. Picture: KEYSTONE USA / Rex Features

June 30, 1967: The Beatles are pictured at the EMI studios in Abbey Road, as they prepare for 'Our World', a world-wide live television show broadcasting to 24 countries with a potential audience of 400 million. Picture: David Magnus / Rex Features

June 15, 1968: John Lennon, son Julian and Yoko Ono with Brian Jones and Roger Daltrey on the set of 'The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus'. Picture: DAVID MAGNUS / Rex Features

March 20, 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are pictured in Gibraltar,
where they got married. Picture: Daily Mail / Rex Features

1969: John Lennon pictured with his wife Yoko Ono during a peace protest.
Picture: Keystone/Getty Images

March 1969: John and Yoko stage a bed-in for peace at the Amsterdam Hilton. Picture: KEYSTONE USA / Rex Features

February 19, 1970: John Lennon and Yoko Ono give their newly cut hair to black power leader
Michael X in return for a pair of Muhammad Ali's boxing shorts.
Picture: Terry Disney/Express/Getty Images

November 28, 1974: John Lennon's last concert, as he shares a stage with Elton John at Madison Square Garden in New York. Picture: STEVE MORLEY / Rex Features

1974: John Lennon is pictured with his personal assistant May Pang. Picture: ARCHIVE PHOTOS / Rex Features

January 16, 1977: John Lennon and Yoko Ono at Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Ball, Washington, DC. Picture: AG / KEYSTONE USA / Rex Features

December 8, 1980: John Lennon is pictured with Mark Chapman outside the Dakota building. John is signing his autograph on an album cover for Chapman

December 8, 1980: John Lennon poses with fan Paul Goresh in the last picture of him ever taken, on the day of his death. Picture: Everett Collection / Rex Features

December 1980: Crowds gathering outside the home of John Lennon in New York after the news that he had been shot and killed. A flag flies at half-mast over the building. Picture: Keystone/Getty Images