Dec. 8 marks the 37th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. He would have been 77 years old. His life and music touched the lives of a great many people around the world and his sudden loss was deeply felt.
Ironically, this man, who meant so much to so many, was an unwanted child left to grow up in the custody of his aunt Mimi. Yet, Lennon ultimately found love and fulfillment in life. Paradoxically, had his assassin been a physician who aborted John Lennon as a fetus rather than killing him as an adult, he would have been financially compensated for his actions rather than universally condemned. No one would have shed a tear for Lennon’s passing ... the sole difference being that the world would have never had the opportunity to know the genius of the man or the beauty of his music. Imagine that.
Mark S. Kelly
Alexandria