The Lives of John Lennon released to the public. Lennon's widow Yoko Ono threatened to sue for libel, claiming the book made her briefly consider suicide, but never pursued any legal action, later explaining that she wanted to maintain a positive attitude and that her lawyers had advised her a civil action would only draw more attention to the book. Lennon's first wife Cynthia Lennon denounced the book, stating "Every single person was annihilated. My mother was called a bulldog and a domineering woman, which was nothing—"nothing"—like my mother. And he called "me" a spaniel. I thought, I'd rather be a spaniel than a Rottweiler,
Murder of John Lennon in 2016. It sold for £31,000. Leibovitz's photo of a naked Lennon embracing his wife, taken on the day of the murder, was the cover of "Rolling Stone"s 22 January 1981 issue, most of which was dedicated to articles, letters and photographs commemorating Lennon's life and death. In 2005, the American Society of Magazine Editors ranked it as the top magazine cover of the last 40 years. Several films dramatizing the murder of Lennon have been released, all more than 25 years after the event. These include: Murder of John Lennon John Lennon was an English musician who gained worldwide