Imagine! On Sat, Lennon would have turned 70

LONDON: What would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday on Saturday will be marked around the world with memorials, music and plenty of merchandise. Yoko Ono, Lennon's widowand the guardian of his commercial and musical legacy, will lead the tributesfrom Iceland, where she will light the Imagine Peace Tower in memory of Lennonand perform with their son Sean. Ono also authorised Gibson to makethree special edition acoustic guitars priced between $4,700 and $15,000.Montblanc has produced a Lennon-related pen, complete with sapphires anddiamonds and retailing in luxury magazines for a cool $27,000. Lennon was killedon December 8, 1980. However, Lennon's application for US residencyhas been pulled out of the auction after the FBI claimed it was governmentproperty.