The iconic songwriter, vocalist and guitarist was fatally shot on December 8, 1980, as he was entering his building, the Dakota, in New York.
“Sometimes when I talk about certain songs Dad wrote, they’re so emotional, they’re hard for me to even to think about, let alone listen to,” Sean, 45, confessed to his brother Julian, 57, in an emotional radio special on what would have been the Imagine singer’s 80th birthday this year.
“I do wish he could speak for himself. I’m constantly barraged with people telling me what they think he would believe about this, that or the other. I always tell them, ‘Whatever he’d have thought, it wouldn’t have been what you think he would think.’
“He updated his thinking all the time. It wouldn’t have been the same thing as in 1975 because he’d have evolved,” Sean told his godfather Sir Elton John.
“Your dad was kind and generous and sweet and we hit it off immediately,” Elton remembered. “I think if your dad had still been alive he’d have won the Nobel Peace Prize. That’s what your dad was – he wanted to bring people together.
This story is from the December 14, 2020 edition of Woman's Day Australia.
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