the way the world celebrated john lenon's birthday and what he might look like if he was alive today.eless. the current >>> a version of the iphone 4 will soon be available through verizon wireless. the current version of apple's popular smart phone is only available through at&t but according to new reports the iphone 4 will be available through verizon early next year. the mobile phone operator is the nation's largest adding it could significantly boost sales of apple's iphones. >>> hard to believe but today would have been john lenon's 70th birthday. the former beatle gunned down 30 years ago in new york. and around the world today there were celebrations to honor the rock legend who lives on. >> reporter: from around the world they came. some for whom john lennon's was the sound track of their adolescence. celebrating a man who still matters 30 years after his death. >> i remember him as a maverick, a rebel. >> reporter: in liverpool, lennon's birth place his first wife and son julian celebrated his life with a sculpture called peace and harmony. >> to honor that and to pray for p

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some for whom john lenon's music was the sound track of their adolescence. some who were born years after lennon's voice was silent. all together at strawberry fields in manhattan central park to celebrate a man who still matters 30 years after his death. >> i remember him as a maverick, as a rebel. >> reporter: in liverpool lennon's birth place his first wife and son julian celebrated with an 18-foot sculpture called peace and harmony. >> to honor dad and to pray for peace. >> reporter: near iceland lennon's widow and ringo star honored lennon's birthday with the lighting of a tower that yoko ono created. she said lennon would be fighting for peace still. >> he is not the retiring type. >> reporter: but lennon remains the type that only merchandisers can only dream of. a new documentary is chronicling his years in new york and a new film "nowhere boy" reimagines the young john lennon, paul mccartney and the birth of the beatles. lennon's stuff, says a music editor, is timeless. >> this was somebody who from a very young age was writing songs like "help" and

john lennon during what would have been a milestone month for the legendary singer. the former beatle would have celebrated his 70th birthday october 9th. in an exclusive interview in cnn's anderson cooper ono reflected on lenon'sragic death, life and legacy. >> remembering how john lived as opposed to how he lost his life? do you think about the day he died? >> not always, no. that's one thing i don't really want to know about. i mean, at the time, when i went to hospital, and i was waiting and then the doctor came, and -- and he was carried something of john's, you know, like the rings, and that's when i thought ah, what is that, what is that, you know, just funny feeling about it and when he said, you know, he passed away i said no, he didn't. he's alive, you know, and i was very, very upset about it, you know, and i just refused to think that he died. >> do you still come here to strawberry fields often? >> well, you know, when i take a walk, i walk a lot because, you know, it's very good for your health and everything, so when i take a walk in the morning, of course, i pass here just checking, you know. everything is all right, you know, that kind of thing, yeah. what's your feeling when you come here? >>

the people you can imagine, singing john lennon's music you might be surprised to hear ozzy osborne will get the honor in celebration of what would have been lenon's0th birthday. heavy metal star will cover the song how all proceeds will go to amnesty international. >>> another star gets the boot on "dancing with the stars." now that leaves nine celebs left for the competition for at that coveted trophy. and this time it's comedian margaret cho and got a warmer reapings from the judges last night but, she still got the lowest score and in the end, that was enough to end the time on the ballroom floor. bristol palein and her partner sweated it out alongside cho. final moments they received the second lowest scores on monday. >>> we are 20 minutes away from 7. a supreme court case that could change the way we interpret the first amendment. >>> a father takes on a radical church group that protests his son's funeral. >>> all the father wanted was to lay his son to rest. inned linda so. how he was robbed of the chance and why later today his case will be herd at the -- heard at the supreme court. >>> and if your bge bill with a. >> -- bill was not hig