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Neil Aspinall left nearly £7m in his will

The Beatles' finance expert Neil Aspinall left nearly £7m to his family in his will.

Pete Best to release new CD

The Beatles' former drummer Pete Best is to release a new CD entitled Haymans Green.

Lennon childhood biopic awarded UK Film Council grant

A new film depicting the early life of John Lennon is to be made, based on a book written by his half sister Julia Baird.

Sir Paul McCartney is presented with his coat of arms

Sir Paul McCartney, Kt, MBE, was granted a coat of arms on 18 June 2001, his 58th birthday. On this day he was presented with the coat by the College of Arms, part of the royal household.

George Harrison dies

George Harrison died on this day at the age of 58.

Sir Paul McCartney's coat of arms is granted

Sir Paul McCartney, Kt, MBE, was granted a coat of arms on his 59th birthday.

Tributes for John Lennon's 60th birthday

To mark the 60th anniversary of John Lennon's birth, remixed versions of his solo albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Double Fantasy were released in the United Kingdom. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band contained bonus tracks Power To The People and Do The Oz, as well as extra photographs and reproductions of handwritten lyrics. Double Fantasy... Read more »

Yoko Ono dedicates a tree to John Lennon in Strawberry Fields

On the 58th anniversary of John Lennon's birth, Yoko Ono dedicates a tree in his honour at the Strawberry Fields area of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City.

Paul McCartney's speech at Lennon's Hall Of Fame induction

On 19 January 1994 Paul McCartney gave a speech during John Lennon's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Among those in attendance was Yoko Ono.

John Lennon dies

John Lennon was shot and killed on this day at the entrance of the Dakota building, New York City, where he lived with his wife Yoko Ono. He was 40 years old.

John Lennon's 40th birthday

To celebrate the 40th birthday of her husband John Lennon, and the fifth of her son Sean, Yoko Ono hired an aircraft pilot to skywrite a message in the sky above the Dakota.

John Lennon's 39th birthday party, Tavern On The Green, New York

For the second year running, John Lennon and his second son Sean held a joint birthday party at the Tavern On The Green in Central Park, New York City.

John Lennon's 38th birthday party, Tavern On The Green, New York

In celebration of John Lennon's 38th birthday, and Sean Lennon's third, a party was held at the Tavern On The Green in Central Park, New York City.

John Lennon's 36th birthday

As a present for John Lennon's 36th birthday, Ringo Starr arranged for singer and actress Cherry Vanilla to give a special performance at the Dakota building.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney's final meeting

The day after they considered an appearance on NBC's Saturday Night (later Saturday Night Live), John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the final time.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney consider appearing on Saturday Night Live

On the evening that Wings At The Speed Of Sound reached number one in the US charts, Paul McCartney paid a visit to John Lennon at the Dakota in New York City.

Sean Lennon is born

On John Lennon's 35th birthday, his second son Sean was born in a New York hospital.

John Lennon's all-star 31st birthday party in Syracuse, New York

Following the opening of Yoko Ono's art exhibition This Is Not Here at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York, a party was held at a nearby hotel room in celebration of John Lennon's 31st birthday.

John Lennon sees his father Alf for the final time

Following the recording session for the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album track Remember, John Lennon invited his father Alf to dinner at Tittenhurst Park in Ascot.

Mixing, editing: I've Got A Feeling, Dig A Pony, One After 909, I Me Mine, Across The Universe

Room 4, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Phil Spector Engineer: Peter Bown After two attempts by Glyn Johns at assembling a Get Back LP were rejected by The Beatles, maverick producer Phil Spector was brought in to work on the tapes.