John Lennon (October 9, 1940-December 8, 1980) was an English rock musician who is most famous as one of the Beatles. Working with Paul McCartney, he wrote many classic pop songs including “Come Together ,’’ “Hey Jude ’’ and “Strawberry Fields Forever.’’ Lennon was brought up in Liverpool but later moved to New York with his wife, the Japanese artist Yoko Ono. He was shot dead outside his apartment in 1980. Monument to the People’s Heroes, a 37.94-meter- high obelisk in Beijing, in a national monument of the People’s Republic of China.