On the Cover 26
In the aftershock of John Lennon's murder, PEOPLE chronicles an extraordinary career—and offers an intimate portrait of the loving home life he shared with Yoko Ono and son Sean, 5
Bio 41
Super merchant Marvin Traub puts the bloom in Bloomingdale's
On the Move 55
Sheree North, once called the next Monroe, matures as Danny Thomas' sitcom co-star
Sequel 59
An update on three earlier rock tragedies explores the growing legend of Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin
Couples 71
Israel's president, Yitzhak Navon, and his wife, Ofina, didn't let her cancer stop their historic state visit to Egypt
Winners 77
A victim of Argentine oppression, artist Adolpho Pérez Esquivel wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Happy 78
Pacific Palisades, California is jaded about celebs—but gaga over its President-elect
Spirit 80
Can a Catholic priest adopt a child? Chicago's Rev. George Clements says yes
Medics 86
'Tis the season to be gloomy too, but science battles depression, the most common mental illness afflicting Americans
Inventors 93
Cheers to diabetics, alcoholics and Muslims: biochemist Gershon Margalith develops a nonalcoholic wine
Party 95
It ain't spinach, or is it? Hollywood greets Robin Williams' switch from Mork to Popeye
Jocks 99
At 6'4" and 420 pounds, Hawaiian-born Jesse Kuhaulua looms large in sumo wrestling
Lookout 102
In His Own Words 105
America is in love with its small towns, says author Richard Lingeman—and that helped Ronald Reagan get elected
In the Money 110
Johnny Marks' pockets jingle every year since he wrote Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Mail 4
People Picks & Pans 8
TV airs the controversial Leonard-Duran rematch and a Mac Davis Christmas special
The prolific Isaac Asimov edits The Annotated Gulliver's Travels
Billy Burnette and the all-star British quartet Rockpile produce rollicking new LPs
As boxer Jake La Motta in Raging Bull, Robert De Niro gives a knockout performance
Star Tracks 49
Bill Buckley parties Conservatively
Cagney and Fontanne reap honors
Fred MacMurray chins with Bob Hope
Bill Russell's art is on the ball
Peter Brook and Agnes de Mille are flush
People Puzzle 82
Chatter 112
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