Yoko Ono and John Lennon.Photo: Susan Wood/Getty
The artist and peace activist also shared a photo that featured the same statistic atop the bloodied glasses Lennon was wearing the day he was fatally shot outside his apartment building in New York City.
Ono, who married the rock ‘n’ roll star in March 1969 after meeting three years earlier at a London art gallery, has regularly tweeted the same claim on the anniversary of Lennon’s death, adding more numbers over the years as the number of gun violence deaths in the U.S. increases.
Though the source of the statistic is not cited, data from theCenters for Disease Control and Preventionindicates there have been about 1.3 million firearm deaths in the U.S. between 1981 and 2019.
Chapman, who bought the gun three months before the shooting, then traveled to New York City from Hawaii to carry it out, was denied parole for the 11th time in 2020,ABC Newsreported.
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Ringo Starrwas among those to pay tribute on Wednesday, sharing a black-and-white photo of him and Lennon performing with the Beatles.
“Peace and love my friend,” Starr wrote, adding his signature array of emojis.
On Lennon’s Oct. 9 birthday, which he shared with son Sean, 46,Ono celebrated with a photothat featured father and son blowing out candles on a cake.
“Happy Birthday John! Happy Birthday Sean! I love you! Yoko,” she wrote.
The Beatles and their personal relationships within the legendary group have seen renewed attention in recent weeks thanks to therelease ofThe Beatles: Get Back, which chronicles themaking of the band’s final albumLet It Be.
Ono is featured prominently in the Peter Jackson docuseries, often sitting beside Lennon while the band rehearses and at times singing with him.
source: people.com
