A computer generated image released October 8, 2004, produced by scientists, shows an image of how the late British singer and song writer John Lennon would have looked if he were still alive. Scientists at the University of St Andrews in Scotland used software to reproduce the natural effects of ageing, taking into account changes in skin texture, hairline and hair colour PHOTO - REUTERS

LONDON - John Lennon has defeated Elvis Presley to be voted the greatest rock 'n' roll icon of all time in a poll conducted by Q music magazine. Paul McCartney, Lennon's fellow Beatle songwriter, managed just 12th place in the poll. In a special tribute to Lennon for the magazine, his widow, Yoko Ono said: "He was a driven man: it was as if he knew that he was to stay on Earth for a relatively short time." Lennon was gunned down by a deranged fan outside his New York apartment in 1980 at the age of 40.

Yoko said: "He changed people's awareness in an incredible way, both with words and music. He was not afraid to tell the truth and thus give us a clearer picture of what was really going on."

Reuters