There are photos in which she appears alongside grateful cohorts ranging from Roy Acuff and Tammy Wynette to John Lennon and Paul McCartney, several U.S. presidents, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

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Producer George Martin was the perfect translator for the raw talent of John Lennon and his foil Paul McCartney, who reined in Lennon's more excessive tendencies.

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Also included is a typed, undated draft letter from John Lennon to Linda and Paul McCartney that reflects the deep animosity between the two Beatles around the time of the foursome's formal 1971 breakup.

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Epstein tapped Freeman, who gathered John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in a hotel dining room and shot a grainy, understated, black-and-white image of the four in dark turtlenecks -- the soon-to-be iconic "With the Beatles" cover.

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What is the natural audience for this film about the youth of John Lennon, his family feuds, and his momentous encounter with Paul McCartney?

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John Lennon and George Harrison quickly became deeply disillusioned with life in the Beatles, while even Paul McCartney, now strip-mining his own back catalogue in stadiums around the world, spent years attempting to step out of the band's shadow.

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The band's three surviving members, Sir Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, as well as John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, have all contributed to the site.

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