| Met Paul McCartney in 1957 and invited him to join his band at the time, The Quarrymen. |
| Published three well-received, whimsical books, In His Own Write (1964), A Spaniard in the Works (1965) and 1986's Skywriting by Word of Mouth, which was released p |
| Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 as a Beatle and in 1994 as a solo act. |
| Joined Elton John on stage for three songs at New York's Madison Square Garden in November of 1974, his last public concert performance. |
| Shot dead in front of his New York home on December 8, 1980, by Mark David Chapman. |