And none symbolised that more than John Lennon, who would have been 70 years old on October 9, had he not been shot dead by a crazed fan.
Do you think in today's world of strife, Lennon's message of giving peace a chance and imagining a world free of borders is possible?
Let's pause to think about it, even as we remember the legend on his 70th birth anniversary.
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