Thirty years from John Lennon's death. Lennon's musical quest after the Beatles

John Lennon and Yoko Ono in New York just months before Lennon's murder on Dec. 8, 1980. Lennon would have turned 70 on Oct. 9 of this year. (Brenda Chase/Newsmakers)
John Lennon would have turned 70 on Oct. 9. Thanks to a series of Yoko Ono-approved events – special concerts, CD reissues, museum exhibits, a ceremony at the Imagine Peace Tower in