‘John Lennon is alive’ theory emerges online

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John Lennon lookalike Mark Staycer
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A theory has emerged that John Lennon did not really die in 1980. Under an online video of Lennon lookalike Mark Staycer, a number of comments suggest that the Staycer is, in fact, the Beatle himself. “This man is John Lennon, I guess he didn't really die back in 1980,” wrote one. Another commented: “That's John Lennon or I'll go eat a shovel of dirt.”

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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.