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Article | If not for the murder of John Lennon three weeks after its release, "Double Fantasy" would not have been remembered as a great album, or even a particularly good one. Famously made up of tag-team Lennon/Yoko Ono tracks, "Double Fantasy" detailed Lennon's midlife transformation from self-absorbed ...The Legacy of John LennonJohn Lennon remembered on his 70th Network News X Profile View More Activity TOOLBOXE-Mail ThisSave/Share +DiggFacebookRedditTwittermyspacedel.icio.usNewsTrustStumble It!Reprints COMMENT 0 Comments if ( COMMENTS_ALLOWED ) {if( COMMENTS_ACTIVE) {// document.write('POST A COMMENT
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