At the New York Office of Immigration and Naturalization, fighting deportation in 1972.

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Four years later, John is issued a Green Card. Visible here is the “Ono” added to his legal name.

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John with Alice Cooper, fellow member of the Hollywood Vampires, a celebrity drinking club.

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Drinking Brandy Alexanders at the Troubadour in LA in 1974 (L to R: Peter Lawford, John, May Pang, and Harry Nilsson).

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John’s last live performance, with Elton John in Madison Square Garden on November 28, 1974.

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David Bowie, Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Yoko Ono, John, and Roberta Flack at the 1975 Grammy Awards in New York.

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John in New York City with Yoko and their toddler son Sean, born on John’s 35th birthday in 1975.

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John makes musical memories with Sean.

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John and Yoko pose in front of the Dakota on November 21, 1980, days after their album Double Fantasy—John’s first in five years—comes out.

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John Lennon signs autographs for fans waiting outside his home in the Dakota—including Mark David Chapman, who murders him later that night.

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Producer David Geffen escorts Yoko from Roosevelt Hospital after John is declared dead on arrival.

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Huge crowds of mourners gather outside the Dakota before moving their vigil to nearby Central Park.

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Huge crowds of mourners gather outside the Dakota before moving their vigil to nearby Central Park.

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The logbook Chapman signs as “John Lennon” before setting off for New York.

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Chapman is escorted from the police station in handcuffs.

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Mark David Chapman’s mugshot.

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Chapman carries a new copy of The Catcher in the Rye (his previous copy is held in police evidence) to his 1981 court proceedings.

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The Red Book

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