Paying Tribute

Gary Dos Santos Jr., right, places two Beatles record albums on the "Imagine" mosiac memorial in the Strawberry Fields section of New York's Central Park, Thursday Dec. 8, 2005, the 25th anniversary of the murder of former Beatle John Lennon.

A couple of apples and a picture of John Lennon are placed on the "Imagine" mosaic in the Strawberry Fields section of New York's Central Park, Thursday Dec. 8, 2005, the 25th anniversary of the murder of former Beatle John Lennon.

Martha Wagner of Dover, N.J. plays the tamborine while other fans sing along to John Lennon songs around the "Imagine" mosaic in the Strawberry Fields section of New York's Central Park, Thursday Dec. 8, 2005, the 25th anniversary of the murder of former Beatle John Lennon. The mosaic is a tribute to Lennon.

People brought flowers, candles and gifts to the 'Imagine' mosiac in the Strawberry Fields section of New York's Central Park, Thursday Dec. 8, 2005, the 25th anniversary of the murder of former Beatle John Lennon.

A baby waits next to a woman offering prayer in memory of John Lennon to mark the 25th anniversary of his death at the John Lennon Museum in Saitama, north of Tokyo, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005. A group of amateur musicians performed tunes by Lennon before many fans thronged to the museum to remember the words, music and deeds of '60s icon who was gunned down by a deranged fan on Dec. 8, 1980.

Images of John Lennon and Yoko Ono are projected onto the side of the Mersey Tunnel Exhaust Tower in Liverpool, England, Lennon's home town, Thursday Dec. 8 2005, marking the life of the former Beatle on the 25th anniversary of his death. The Tower stands in front of the Liver Building on the banks of the River Mersey.

Shoppers walk past a statue of former Beatle John Lennon, where tributes mark the 25th anniversary of his death, in Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005.

The entrance to Strawberry Fields in New York's Central Park, Dec. 8, 2005, where fans gathered on the 25th anniversary of the death of former Beatle John Lennon.

A makeshift peace sign of flowers lies on top of John Lennon's "Strawberry Fields" memorial in New York's Central Park, Wednesday Dec. 7, 2005. The memorial is near The Dakota apartment building where Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, was living with his wife Yoko Ono and son Sean when he was murdered outside the building 25 years ago.

A doorman is on duty Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005, by the entrance to The Dakota apartment building, where John Lennon was shot by Mark David Chapman in 1980. The 25th anniversary of Lennon's murder is Thursday, Dec. 8.

Visitors to the mosaic created in memory of John Lennon in a corner of New York's Central Park known as "Strawberry Fields" are silhouetted over flowers laid out in the form of the peace sign Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005. The 25th anniversary of Lennon's murder is Thursday, Dec. 8.

Craig Vallance from Winnipeg, Canada, plays his guitar and sings Beatles songs in memory of John Lennon at Strawberry Fields in New York's Central Park Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005.

A day before the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's murder, people pay tribute to the former Beatle around the "Imagine" circle at Strawberry Fields Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005 in New York.

Fans stand in front of the Dakota apartments on Dec. 7, 2005, in New York. At 10:50 p.m. on the night of Dec. 8, 1980, John Lennon was returning from a recording studio with Yoko Ono. As he stepped out of his limousine, gunman Mark David Chapman opened fire on Lennon, hitting him four times.

Fans show the peace sign and sing "Happy Birthday" in rememberance of John Lennon on what would have been the slain ex-Beatle's 60th birthday, Oct. 9, 2000, at Lennon's Walk of Fame star outside the Capitol Records Tower building in Hollywood, Calif.

Members of the media tour a retrospective exhibit of John Lennon during a preview on Oct. 19, 2000 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. The exhibit was titled "LENNON: His Life and Work."