Letters: Jan. 12, 1981

Lennon's Legacy

To the Editors:

John Lennon and his music [Dec. 22] were like a great parade—gaudy yet sweet, outrageous yet poignant, raunchy yet delicate. And, like all parades, it passed by too quickly.

Mary A. Sarno

Philadelphia

The music didn't die. Only the man did.

Moira Ryan

Hoboken, N.J.

The painting of John Lennon by Dan Maffia depicts him as I saw him: a bit arrogant, confident, but forever young.

Frances R. Boyd

Rockford, Ill.

Does no one have the guts to call John Lennon what he was: a media-wise, existentialist Pied Piper who helped...

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