Death
After 10 years of heart treatments, including heart surgery and multiple doctor and hospital visits, Mr. Lennon was admitted to St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California, where he died in ER on April 20, 1992. He was a patient of Dr. Folett in Santa Monica,CA. He was conversing with St. John's clergy prior to his death. Private funeral services were first attended by family and friends in Santa Monica in a small chapel on 20th St. and Arizona Ave. followed by a larger public open-casket service and burial at Holy Cross near Sepulveda and Jefferson Blvd. As of this writing there remains no headstone at the site of rest. Surviving wife, Doris Mae, plans to be buried separately in-tandem above James upon demise.
Mr. Lennon is survived by his wife, Doris, and four children, Scott, Robin Thomas, Kim Fitzgerald, and boxing announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr.
Mr. Lennon is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Lennon's father,'Bert' is also buried at Holy Cross (via Woodlawn Cemetery in Santa Monica,CA.)
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