who rose to worldwide fame as a fou

who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member of the Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. In 1957 he formed the band that became the Beatles, and in the 1960s he achieved enormous success performing with the group and writing songs.Their political activism and social ideals were reflected in much of Lennon's early solo work, including the hit Imagine, and attracted the attention of the U.S. government, which sought to have him deported. After 1975 he withdrew from public life; he and Ono returned with the album Double Fantasy shortly before his murder by mark chapman