Did John Lennon's death affect the other former Beatles?

Answer 1

It affected them deeply. McCartney and Harrison both cancelled recording sessions scheduled for the next day; Lennon's boyhood friend Peter Shotton visited Harrison at Friar Park. Starr flew to New York with his fiancee Barbara Bach, to keep Yoko Ono company. Julian Lennon also visited Yoko that week.

Harrison in particular was frightened by what had happened. His mansion Friar Park had previously been open to visitors; afterwards the gates were locked, and a sign posted with no-visitors signs in six languages. (The message next to the American flag read "GET YOUR ASS OUT'A HERE".)

Harrison reworked a song he'd written for Starr to sing, and released it as "All Those Years Ago", with Starr playing and McCartney and wife Linda singing backing vocals. McCartney wrote a tribute song, called "Here Today", that appeared in 1982.

When the documentary Imagine was screened for Lennon's former bandmates (separately), reportedly McCartney sang harmonies with Lennon anytime he sang onscreen. Harrison watched in silence, and Starr cried openly. Harrison said later it was easier for him to think of Lennon as still living privately in New York, than to think of him as dead.

When the former Beatles reunited (with Jeff Lynne) to overdub Lennon's demos for "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love", they approached it with the idea that Lennon had simply prerecorded his parts, and went on vacation, leaving his bandmates to finish the work.

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Answer 2

The Beatles broke up in 1969 when Lennon first decided they were through. They did not announce it until 1970 though. 10 years later, John Lennon died. After that the beatles continued on with their lives. They all played together in George's Song for John "All Those Years Ago". Then, around 1988 they came out with the Beatles Anthology. The 3 remaining Beatles got together and made a 10 hour documentary about the Beatles. They also recorded together for the song "Real Love". It was given to the Beatles by Yoko. It was recorded by John but not finished. in the parts where John's voice isn't strong enough, Paul sings. George died in 2001, and Paul and Ringo are touring and recording.