John Lennon — "I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother told me there was no S…"
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother told me there was no Santa Claus, and Father had died just a few weeks before, and he'd always played Santa Claus. So I knew that I was not going to get a present from him anymore.
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English singer-songwriter, founding Beatle, and peace activist whose 'Imagine' (1971) became a 20th-century anti-war anthem; assassinated in NYC December 8, 1980.
Closely associated with
Paul McCartney (Beatles songwriting partner and lifelong foil) and George Harrison (fellow Beatle).
For an intellectual contrast, see
Richard Nixon, 37th US President — Nixon's 1972-73 administration tried to deport Lennon for his anti-Vietnam-War activism; declassified FBI files later confirmed the political motivation behind the immigration case. The canonical example of state retaliation against a celebrity activist.