For those who don’t know the backstory, Lennon’s mother was only a sporadic part of his life once his father left the family when John was an infant. The two got closer in Lennon’s teenage years, but that ended abruptly in 1958 when Julia, while crossing a street, was hit by a car

THE TRAGIC STORY BEHIND JOHN LENNON’S LOSS AND ITS IMPACT ON MUSIC In 1958, a devastating event forever changed the course of John Lennon’s life and, in turn, the future…