NEW YORK — Over 2000 people joined together in Central Park to celebrate what would have been the 75th birthday of John Lennon, co-founder of The Beatles. Reuters footage of the event shows attendees singing Lennon's hit Give Peace a Chance and holding up peace signs to honor the memory of the singer and activist. The event attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the most people gathered to form a human peace sign set by over 5,800 people in Ithaca, New York in 2009, but they fell short of the goal, CBC reported. Lennon's widow Yoko Ono,82, co-hosted the event and was quoted by the New York Post as saying: "This is the best present to John." Lennon was shot and killed outside his apartment near Central Park on December 3, 1980. ----------------------------------------­--------------------- Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off. Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.net Check out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCj Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f Get top stories delivered to your inbox everyday: http://bit.ly/tomo-newsletter Stay connected with us here: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/ Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus

• published: 08 Oct 2015
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