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	Imagine

Imagine
by: cece kegg

New York City -- It's really hard to Imagine a world without John Lennon. The Liverpool native who was murdered 20 years ago this month will be remembered on December 8, 2000 throughout the world.

On December 21st 1980, The Reporter Newspaper asked their readers if they thought Lennon will be remembered 20 years from now. The aforementioned newspaper is no longer in existence and yet the memory of the former Beatle lives on, and perhaps stronger than ever.

In mid November 2000, Apple Records released the Beatles 1. a collection of all the Beatles no. 1 hits. At press time this album is at such a record pace that will likely dethrone The Eagles Greatest Hits Vol 2 as the fastest selling album in history. The memory of John lives on through his music, and his actions.

Can you really fathom the thought of John Lennon to have never existed?

Imagine this:
No Beatles, at all
No Hard Days Night
No Sgt Peppers
No Day in the Life
No Abbey Road
No Strawberry Fields Forever

No Instant Karma
No Give Peace a Chance
No Beautiful Boy
No Jealous Guy
No Dear Yoko
No Watching the Wheels

For a whole generation, their voice was silenced the evening of December 8th, 1980. Their Working Man's Hero had been taken away by Mark David Chapman, a supposed fan.

Our lives have been tarnished with the news of another fallen hero. Like Kennedy, and Martin Luther King before him, he had to pay the ultimate price. The payoff is that of immortality.

People seem to always remember "Where they were" when something important happens. This month as we remember the death of John Lennon, we should also thank him for his many contributions into our lives. Strawberry Fields Forever…