The Truth About John Lennon's Last Year Alive

The murder of John Lennon in December 1980 sent shock waves around the world. 1980 was also a crucial year for Lennon, who'd emerged from a five-year hiatus, ready to make music once again. This is what the final 12 months of John Lennon's life were like.

In 1975, five tumultuous years after the break-up of the Beatles, Lennon and his second wife, Yoko Ono, withdrew from the public eye. This was to concentrate on raising his second son, Sean. Lennon had made many mistakes in the raising of his first child, Julian, who was born in 1963 at the height of Beatlemania. In attempting to raise Julian, John was often absent and emotionally distant, as interviews from the last year of his life address candidly.

Lennon had worked nonstop throughout his twenties in the Beatles and had claimed that every moment of the band members' lives were planned out for them, especially while they were on the touring circuit. But the early '70s hadn't allowed for much time to slow down, either. Lennon had pursued a successful solo career starting with the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band in 1970.

He contributed music to albums by Ringo Starr, collaborated with Elton John in 1974 on "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night," and co-wrote and performed on David Bowie's "Fame" in 1975. With the birth of Sean, though, Lennon withdrew from the music that had dominated his life. He claimed in his final interview with Rolling Stone that he didn't write a single song for five years.

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Breaking away from music | 0:00
A comeback cut short | 1:18
Sailing to Bermuda | 1:59
Inspired by The B-52s | 2:54
First time writing sober | 3:41
Recording in New York City | 4:12
The comeback | 4:45
Double Fantasy | 5:40
On good terms with Paul | 6:37
Final interview | 7:50
Lennon is murdered | 8:45
Double Fantasy's big win | 9:36

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