John Lennon's 76th Birthday- What Would He Look Like Now?

Although I'm a little late writing this, John  Lennon would have been 76 years old this month; it's always effortlessly easy to work out his age, both during his life and posthumously, because his life neatly spanned 1940 to 1980.

There are quite a few pictures of 'what Lennon would look like now', floating about the internet, including this rather dour, Alan-Partridge-style picture of him... 



As many people have pointed out, it's dubious whether John would have worn such fuddy-duddy clothing, just because he was in his seventies (although to be fair, it appears he always had a propensity for roll neck jumpers). He was, after all, along with the other Beatles, at the vanguard of the latest fashion in the 1960s. 

Then there's this picture, which I believe was made using an image of Lennon aged 40, shortly before he died, which is perhaps a lot more accurate- if not rather eerie.




It turns out he doesn't look too dissimilar to an older Bob Dylan, who's bizarrely recently been awarded the Noble Prize for Literature. What would Lennon, famously the author of several off-beat books like 'A Spaniard in the Works' and many highly poetic lyrics, have made of that?