Lennon was shot by a crazed fan in 1980 in the US when he was just 40-years-old.
To mark his 70th birthday, which falls tomorrow (9 October), Google has paid tribute to the Liverpool songwriter on its homepage.
When users go to the search engine's homepage, they are greeted by an illustration designed to celebrate Lennon's life.
To the left of the animation lies a play button that starts a 32-second animation in the style of Lennon's drawings. The film ends with the famous pencil-drawn self-portrait of the writer of classics such as 'Woman' and 'Instant Karma'. The animation itself is accompanied by Lennon's arguably most famous song 'Imagine'.
The latest Google homepage image celebrating Lennon's life and work is one of several images that have appeared on the landing page of the world's largest search engine.
The first Google Doodle was in honour of the Burning Man festival in 1998. Since then the homepage scrawls have been mostly associated with the anniversaries of eminent artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Edvard Munch and pop artist Andy Warhol.
Lennon was born on 9 October 1940 and, contrary to his later message to 'Give Peace a Chance', was gunned down on 8 December 1980 by Mark David Chapman, a fan, outside the Dakota Building in New York where the musician lived with his wife Yoko Ono and his son Sean.
Chapman was incarcerated at New York's Attica prison, where he still remains despite several attempts to gain parole.
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