One night, 40 years ago this week, a young man approached musician John Lennon outside Lennon's Manhattan apartment building. The young man appeared to be asking for an autograph, but instead, shot and killed Lennon, who was just 40.
A few years later, Lennon's half-sister, Julia Baird, wrote a book about her, her brother, and their mother, called John Lennon, My Brother.

One night, 40 years ago this week, a young man approached musician John Lennon outside Lennon's Manhattan apartment building. The young man appeared to be asking for an autograph, but instead, shot and killed Lennon, who was just 40. A few years later, Lennon's half-sister, Julia Baird, wrote a book about her, her brother, and their mother, called John Lennon, My Brother.

Julia Baird

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