Carrying a sign emblazoned with John Lennon's picture and titles from two of his songs, a young man joins in a memorial service for the slain ex-Beatle in Chicago on Dec. 15, 1980. A crowd estimated by police to be in excess of 1,000 people listened and sang along to Lennon's songs before joining in a 10-minute period of silence asked for by his widow, Yoko Ono.

August 16, 2025