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John Lennon Phantom V

Hi! I live in Málaga (Spain) and I would like to say that John Lennon's car was bought some years ago by the motor museum and is still on display. You can find the museum at this location: Avenida Sor Teresa Prat, nº 15. Bye!

Han218

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'War is Over' Billboards date incorrect

The "War is Over" billboard campaign was done over Christmas/New Year 1969. It was not done to promote the 'Happy Christmas war is over' single which was released in the US in 1971 and UK in 1972.

Correction made. Piriczki (talk) 15:15, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

this song was written by unknown artist — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.43.4.212 (talk) 10:04, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion to put useful link in article

Declassified materials: the case against John Lennon - website of FBI. - 78.106.185.144 (talk) 04:25, 15 January 2013 (UTC).[reply]

Liverpool John Lennon Airport

I suggest to mention (feel free to decide where) that Liverpool Airport (formerly Speke Airport) was renamed in 2002 "Liverpool John Lennon Airport".

"Above us only sky", taken from Imagine's lyrics, is painted on the air terminal ceiling.

A wikilink can be added : [Liverpool John Lennon Airport]

Abcd-international (talk) 21:56, 10 February 2013 (UTC)(Abcd-international)[reply]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Abcd-international (talk • contribs) 21:51, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Awards and sales section mentions that Lennon "has been the subject of numerous memorials and tributes", which links to Death of John Lennon#Memorials and tributes, which contains a link to Liverpool John Lennon Airport. I agree that we shouldn't have every memorial and tribute in the John Lennon article, it would seem to me that the airport would be more notable than the John Lennon Peace Monument, which is mentioned in detail in the John Lennon article. GoingBatty (talk) 22:45, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Lennon Airport is highly notable and should indeed be in this article. Jus da fax 23:06, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Added with reference - thanks for the suggestion! GoingBatty (talk) 23:35, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Monument

Memorial monument to John Lennon in Mohyliv-Podilskyi Ukraine on the monument says "Give peace a chance." There is a monument benches painted slogans hippies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bodia1406 (talk • contribs) 17:13, March 7, 2013 (UTC)

Cynthia Powell's name should at least be mentioned in the article. She was his wife, after all.

Cynthia

Cynthia Powell's name should at least be mentioned. She was his wife and the father of Julian, after all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.222.118.26 (talk) 02:02, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It should - that's why there is a whole section entitled "Cynthia Lennon" Richerman (talk) 12:39, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

'The Onion' article about this page

Today the humor web site The Onion posted an article about the John Lennon wikipedia page. [1] Enjoy! —SaxTeacher (talk) 17:39, 26 March 2013 (UTC) It's a good thing it's already semi-protected. I could easily see a lot of people coming through and deleting it for a laugh. 152.23.209.118 (talk) 00:32, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]