John Lennon’s Sons Julian and Sean Pose in New Picture Taken at The Dakota

John Lennon‘s sons Sean Ono Lennon and Julian Lennon just lately spent a while collectively in a sentimental place.

On Saturday, Dec. 14, Julian, 61 — whom the late Beatles star welcomed with ex-wife Cynthia Lennon — shared three new images on Instagram of himself and Sean, 49, hanging out at The Dakota, the New York Metropolis house constructing that was as soon as residence to their well-known father.

He captioned the publish: “A Goodnight kiss for my brother, after spending the night with him, having a lil dinner & chatting the evening away, at The Dakota. One thing we not often get to do…Grateful.”

In a single photograph, Julian will be seen kissing his brother on the cheek, whereas one other exhibits Sean — whose mom is John’s widow Yoko Ono — making ready to eat a bowl of noodles as he sits in a kitchen surrounded by take-out meals packing containers. The ultimate photograph depicts a set of picket doorways, presumably at The Dakota.

John and Ono, 91, moved into The Dakota in 1973. In response to The New York Instances, the couple at one level owned 5 models within the Higher West Aspect house advanced, which was not solely their major residence but in addition used as their visitor residence, a cupboard space and a studio for Ono. The residing area and studio alone had a mixed sq. footage of almost 6,000 sq. toes, per the outlet.

Tragically, John was shot and killed in entrance of the residence in December 1980. He was 40 years outdated.

Previous to his loss of life, John posed together with his two sons for a memorable photograph taken at The Dakota through the vacation season in December 1977.

Whereas Julian by no means lived within the constructing, Sean grew up there and even turned shut with neighbor Roberta Flack. 

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“I used to be very blessed that I grew up with the good neighbor on the planet,” Sean stated in Roberta, a documentary chronicling Flack’s life. “At first, I did not even consider Roberta as this unbelievable artist and musician — she was simply this actually cool neighbor. We used to name her Aunt Roberta, and we had been very shut.”

In 2010, Flack, 87, spoke about her time residing within the fabled Dakota in an interview with The New York Instances, recalling that the constructing was “chockablock stuffed with well-known individuals,” however most of them tended “to maintain to themselves,” together with her.

She additionally recalled watching Sean and John spend time collectively, telling the outlet: “Sean liked his dad. There was a variety of holding palms and searching up, and a variety of holding palms and searching down.”

Julian was born in Liverpool, England, on April 8, 1963. He was initially given the complete title John Charles Julian Lennon, however made the choice to alter his title to Julian Charles John Lennon in 2020. 

Very similar to his father, he’s a profitable musician. He has launched seven studio albums so far, together with 2022’s Jude, a reference to the Beatles’ traditional 1968 music “Hey Jude,” written by Paul McCartney.

Sean was born on Oct. 9, 1975, which additionally occurred to be John’s thirty fifth birthday.

Sean, too, is a proficient musician. He has launched 4 solo albums, in addition to 5 together with his mom and three with the rock band Claypool Lennon Delirium. He’s additionally a music producer and has been credited on plenty of albums, together with Lana Del Rey‘s 2017 launch, Lust for Life.