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9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980

John Winston Ono Lennon MBE was an English singer, songwriter and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music.

David Sheff is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Beautiful Boy. Sheff's other books include Game Over, China Dawn, and All We Are Saying. His many articles and interviews have appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Wired, Fortune, and elsewhere. His ongoing research and reporting on the science of addiction earned him a place on Time Magazine's list of the World's Most Influential People. Sheff and his family live in Inverness, California.