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Paul McCartney marks John Lennon's 84th birthday with touching tribute - after revealing how he mended their  friendship before star's tragic death


The singer, 82, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a snap from a 2022 performance of himself on stage with projected footage of John behind him.

He left The Beatles in 1969 and had become embroiled in legal battles over the band's back catalogue which caused tension between him and his former song-writing partner Sir Paul. However, the pair managed to get their friendship back on track in the mid 1970s and Sir Paul spent time at the home John shared in New York with his second wife Yoko Ono. Reflecting on mending their friendship, Sir Paul said on the McCartney: A Life in Lyrics podcast: 'In the end it was something I was very glad of, when he got murdered, that I’d had some really good times with him before that happened.

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