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20/09/1969 John Lennon quits The Beatles

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The Troubled Beatle - John Lennon Biography

In September 1969, co-lead vocalist of The Beatles, John Lennon, privately informed his bandmates that he was leaving the band, but there was no public acknowledgment of the break-up until April 1970, when Paul McCartney announced he was leaving the group. There were numerous causes for the band's break-up, it was not a single event but rather a long transition.
    • Essentials 

    • Background 

    • White Album and ''Get Back'' rehearsals 

    • Business difficulties 

    • ''Abbey Road'' and Lennon's departure 

    • Announcement 

    • High Court suit and public sparring 

    • Legal dissolution 

    • Partial and attempted reunions in the 1970s 

    • Entrepreneurial offers 

    • Lennon's murder and ''Anthology'' 

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