Lennon, 25 Years Gone

American Voices

December 8, 2005 | ISSUE 41•49

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. What do you think?

I can't believe it's been 25 years already. It seems like only yesterday that Lennon was dead for nine years.

Jesse Robbins
Actuary
It's too bad he couldn't live to see himself in an ad for Apple.

Nate McConarty
Corrections Officer
Damn. Now there's going to be another special edition of Catcher In the Rye, and I'll have to get this one, too.

Phoebe Plagens
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