Talk:John Lennon

MBE no longer

John Lennon returned his MBE with an attached nastygram to the queen. There are plenty of sources including that the MBE has been recently discovered and Lennon fans want it made public. Wlmg (talk) 19:18, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

When you say "the MBE has been recently discovered", you mean the actual medal (like this one), but in it's presentation case, with accompanying authentic documentation, yes? After all, being a Member of the Order of the British Empire, in itself, is just an Order of chivalry. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:42, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Copy of The Daily Telegraph article
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"Beatles fans call for return of MBE medal rejected by John Lennon The MBE medal that John Lennon famously rejected has been unearthed in a royal vault and now, 40 years after Lennon sent the award back to the Queen, Beatles historians are calling for it to be dusted off and put on public display. MBE medal that John Lennon rejected unearthed in royal vault Lennon's medal was found in a cabinet at the Chancery Department of the Royal Household where it has lain untouched for years Photo: PA 1:44AM GMT 06 Jan 2009 The Fab Four were invested as Members of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 1965, after topping record charts around the world. But later Lennon decided that he had sold out to the Establishment and returned his MBE to Her Majesty 25th November 1969 as part of ongoing peace protests masterminded with Yoko Ono. In an accompanying letter Lennon said: "Your Majesty, I am returning my MBE as a protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against 'Cold Turkey' slipping down the charts. With Love, John Lennon." Years later he was quoted as saying: "Lots of people who complained about us getting the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war. "They got them for killing people. We deserved ours for not killing people. In a way it was hypocritical of me to accept it. [1] Wlmg (talk) 20:28, 3 June 2019 (UTC) "But I'm glad I did really, because it meant that four years later I was able to use it to make a gesture." Now Beatles fans have established that the medal has been located in a vault at St James' Palace and have written to Yoko Ono urging her to retrieve it. The medal was found in a cabinet at the Chancery Department of the Royal Household where it has lain untouched for years. It is still in the presentation case bearing the name John Winston Lennon, and has been stored along with his protest letter. Beatles history experts regard it as one of the most important pieces of Beatles history and are calling for the medal to be exhibited in the city 40 years after it was returned. It has been suggested that it should be given a permanent home at "Mendips", the childhood home John shared with his Aunt Mimi in Woolton, which was bought and donated to the National Trust by Yoko Ono. Lennon had originally sent the medal to his Auntie Mimi and she kept it in pride of place on her mantelpiece, until John collected it and returned it to The Queen. Liverpool Beatles Appreciation Society founder Gene Grimes said: "The Palace are sitting on a unique piece of Beatles history and it should not be left to gather dust in a draw. "The medal is a vital piece of Beatles memorabilia and should be exhibited for John's fans to see." A Buckingham Palace spokesman confirmed that it was holding the MBE. The spokesman said: "The Central Chancery would, without question, return any Insignia to the original recipient if they request it during their lifetime. "If a recipient had not asked for insignia back before they die then it is assumed that they did not wish it to be returned, and any request from any other person for its return at a later date would be going against the original recipient’s wishes. "The Central Chancery would therefore only consider releasing insignia if they had a direct approach from the recipient’s legal next of kin."Wlmg (talk) 20:40, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. A substantial report in a very good source. I would certainly add a mention of that. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:31, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Yesterday 2019

Robert Caryle plays him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:151F:861D:28B7:3E89:9F67:C6B2 (talk) 02:49, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Error in the date he married Yoko Ono

Title Followthedamntraincj (talk) 03:45, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Domestic Violence

I've read that Lennon admitted to having beat his girlfriends and may have charged with domestic abuse. If so, I'm wondering why this isn't in the wiki article.

It is - it's in the section on Cyntha Lennon. Humbledaisy (talk) 20:05, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

New photo suggestion

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Lennon_en_zijn_echtgenote_Yoko_Ono_op_huwelijksreis_in_Amsterdam._John_Lenn,_Bestanddeelnr_922-2314.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Lennon_en_zijn_echtgenote_Yoko_Ono_op_huwelijksreis_in_Amsterdam._John_Lenn,_Bestanddeelnr_922-2305.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Lennon_en_zijn_echtgenote_Yoko_Ono_op_huwelijksreis_in_Amsterdam._John_Lenn,_Bestanddeelnr_922-2307.jpg

We crop his face and put it as the main picture.

I think the current image is better. It's closer up, and he's looking straight at the camera. Humbledaisy (talk) 08:51, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 September 2019

159.191.133.254 (talk) 20:40, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

hi