there was no funeral for lennon, but yoko ono asked people everywhere to observe ten minutes of silence and prayer for him on sunday, december 14, 1980, at 2:00 pm. at two o'clock, the music playing in central park stopped, and people all over the world fell silent for ten minutes. other tributes came later, including songs by george harrison ("all those years ago"), paul mccartney ("here today"), elton john ("empty garden (hey hey johnny)") and queen ("life is real (song for lennon)").