<p><br /> John Lennon fans around the world are marking what would have been the ex-Beatle's 70th birthday.<br /> </p><p><br /> Lennon was gunned down in New York almost 30 years ago and his widow Yoko Ono has said she is still getting over his death.<br /> </p><p><br /> Ono, 77, has been in Iceland for the re-lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower, an installation she created in memory of one of the world's must influential songwriters.<br /> </p><p><br /> She said: "It was very hard because it was a sudden thing that happened, he wasn't ill for a long time or anything, it's just, we were talking before that you know, and, it was very hard."<br /> </p><p><br /> "I think I am getting over it in a kind of way, in my own unique way, but it's still lingering".<br /> </p><p><br /> The event in Reykjavik was one of several organized around the world to mark the anniversary. Internet search site Google paid tribute to Lennon with a hand-drawn logo and mini-video based on his hit Imagine.<br /> </p><p><br /> Ono added: "It's very interesting, you know, that songs like Gimme Some Truth mean a lot now, and of course Give Peace a Chance and Imagine. All his political songs really have a lot of meaning right now for people."<br /> </p><p><br /> The Japanese-born artist believes Lennon, who became a symbol of the anti-Vietnam war movement, would still be politically active were he alive today, but that after his death it was up to her to carry on his message of peace.<br /> </p><p><br /> She said: "We were partners and it was almost like we were in a battleground, really struggling you know, for peace, for world peace, against all odds.<br /> </p><p><br /> "Many people didn't like us speaking out about war, and war and peace, and then suddenly he was gunned down so I had to continue as a partner."<br /> </p>
