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John Lennon

John Lennon, Singer, songwriter and activist (1940-1980), joins the permanent Shrine record.

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Life, work & what’s documented

John Lennon was born on 1940-10-09 and died on 1980-12-08 at age 40. A Beatles founder whose songs, public life and murder remain central to modern cultural history. Representative work and achievements include Imagine, Abbey Road, John Lennon Plastic Ono Band.

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Why They're Awesome

A Beatles founder whose songs, public life and murder remain central to modern cultural history. Representative work and achievements include Imagine, Abbey Road, John Lennon Plastic Ono Band.

Essential works: Imagine · Abbey Road · John Lennon Plastic Ono Band

Statistics / evidence

Context is not destiny

Born 1940-10-09; died 1980-12-08; age at death 40. These dates provide historical context, not a mortality model.

Death context: John Lennon died on 1980-12-08 at age 40. This Shrine records the sourced date and age without adding unsupported medical or death-circumstance detail.

Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.

Astrology / interpretation

The cosmic file

SunLibra 16.0°

MoonCapricorn or Aquarius 0.7°

MercuryScorpio 8.3°

VenusVirgo 3.0°

MarsLibra 2.5°

JupiterTaurus 13.7°

SaturnTaurus 13.2°

UranusTaurus 25.6°

NeptuneVirgo 26.0°

PlutoLeo 4.2°

These placements are deterministic astronomical calculations. Interpretive meaning is separate from health, mortality, and factual claims.

Calculation confidence: date_based_reliable_birth_time_unknown. Moon: calculated with sign boundary uncertainty. Rising sign: birth time needed. Date-based geocentric placements use a noon UTC reference. Moon uncertainty is retained. No Ascendant or houses are inferred. Astrology is interpretation, not fact, medicine, or mortality prediction.

Receipts

Sources & provenance

Official website candidateOfficial site / 2026-08-30 / identity / confidence: highSelected for the listed claims only. Discovery indexes are not publication evidence.
Encyclopaedia Britannica candidateEncyclopaedia Britannica / 2026-08-30 / identity / confidence: mediumSelected for the listed claims only. Discovery indexes are not publication evidence.

Official links

Official siteOfficial

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Research last updated 2026-08-30.

Image rights

Portrait provenance

Jack Mitchell | CC BY-SA 3.0 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Lennon_portrait.jpg

Exact source file · CC BY-SA 3.0 3.0 · Retrieved 2026-08-30.

No Commons personality restriction was surfaced, but editorial review remains required.

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