Question: Which one of the Beatles died before the release of Somewhere in England in 1981?
Context: Somewhere in England is the ninth studio album by George Harrison, released in 1981.  The album was recorded as Harrison was becoming increasingly frustrated with the music industry.  The album's making was a long one, during which conflicts with Warner Bros.  Records arose.  "Somewhere in England" was the first Harrison album to be released after the death of his former Beatles bandmate John Lennon; the lyrics of its first single, "All Those Years Ago", pay tribute to Lennon. The criminal Cortesi family originated in Italy, although the men, who would become part of the London underworld were all born in Paris, France.  Augustus ‘Gus’ Cortesi (1886–1949) is buried in St Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green.  Enrico ‘Frenchie’ (1884–1954) died in Hackney.  Paolo ‘Paul’ (1891–1938) died in Islington.  George (1888–1972) died in St Pancras.  Their mother, Angele Cortesi, who brought her sons to England somewhere between 1891 and 1901, was born in Italy, about 1848, and died in 1935.  In 1901, the family is listed at Little Saffron Hill, Clerkenwell, close to their friends the criminal Sabini family – until they fell out over protection racketeering when the Cortesi brothers believed they were being denied a fair share of proceeds from West End gambling clubs and money wrung from bookmakers by threats and blackmail.  The Cortesi gang allied itself to Freddie Gilbert’s Finsbury Boys, enemies of both the Sabinis and the premier Jewish gang led by Alfie Solomon. "Paul is dead" is an urban legend and conspiracy theory alleging that Paul McCartney of the English rock band the Beatles died in 1966 and was secretly replaced by a look-alike. Strid is a Norwegian black metal band that was originally known as "Malfeitor" from 1991 to 1992.  After releasing two demos - "Malfeitor" (in 1991) and "Pandemonium" (in 1992), they changed their name to "Battle" and there were some line up changes at the time.  In the year of 1992 the band released the "End of Life" demo.  The demo contains only one song which is around 11 minutes.  The line up at the time of recording the demo was: Storm - on bass and vocals, Lars Fredrik Bergstrøm - on guitars and Jardar - on drums.  The guitars were written by Lars Fredrik Bergstrøm (1974 - 2014).  In 1993 the band changed the name to "Strid" which means "Battle" in Norwegian.  That same year, Strid re-released their "End of Life" demo under their new name, through the German label "Malicious Records".  After releasing the "End of life" demo, Lars Fredrik Bergstrøm left the band and was replaced by Ravn Harjar.  Through the years between 1993 and 1995, the band writes and records the self-titled EP which was released through Malicious Records and contains only two songs - "Det hviskes blant sorte vinder" which means "It Is Whispered Amid the Black Winds" in Norwegian and "Nattevandring" which means "Nightwandering" in Norwegian.  The music style and sound of this demo is more ambient/atmospheric black metal oriented.  Mainly because of this release, the band is commonly recognised as the creators of depressive black metal along with some other bands from the second wave of black metal music.  At this time the band line up contains: Ravn Harjar - on guitars, Storm - on bass and vocals and Jardar - on drums.  After the releasing of the self-titled EP, there was no any official releases by the band.  There are also bootleg releases that came out through the years like the CD from 2005 by Ars Mysteriorum and LP, each featuring both "End of Life" and the self - titled EP tracks.  In the year of 2001 the original former member of "Malfeitor/Battle/Strid", bass player and vocalist - Storm committed suicide.  In the year of 2007, the Greek label Kyrck Productions & Armour re-released all the previous material released by the band from the past which contains all "Malfeitor/Battle/Strid" material.  Somewhere between 2009 and 2010 there was a reunion of the band with old members including Vicotnik (Dødheimsgard, ex-Aphrodisiac, ex-Ved Buens Ende, ex-Manes, ex-Code, ex-Naer Mataron, ex-Endwarfment).  Another member that was part of the reunion was Lars Fredrik Bergstrøm - the main composer of the "End of Life" track.  In 2014 Lars Fredrik Bergstrøm died.  At this time the band line up contains Ravn Harjar - on guitars and vocals, Vicotnik - on bass and Sigmund (ex-Inflabitan, ex-Dødheimsgard) - on guitars.  In January 2015, Ravn Harjar wrote a statement on the official Strid Facebook page that in the autumn of the year 2015 the band will start recording their first full-length album which will be titled "Endetid".  That means "End of times" in Norwegian. The discography of Rosanne Cash, an American singer-songwriter, consists of thirteen studio albums, six compilation albums, one tribute album, and 39 singles.  The daughter of Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash recorded her self-titled debut album in 1978 under the German label Ariola.  After signing with Columbia Records in 1979, Cash's second studio album "Right or Wrong" was released.  Its lead single "No Memories Hangin' Around" (a duet with Bobby Bare) reached the Top 20 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart.  Cash's third studio release, "Seven Year Ache" (1981) gained major success when the title track peaked at number one on the "Billboard" Country chart, followed by "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" and "Blue Moon with a Heartache," which also reached the top spot.  The album's follow-up effort, "Somewhere in the Stars" (1982) produced two Top 10 hits on the "Billboard" chart.  After a 3-year hiatus, Cash issued "Rhythm & Romance" in 1985, which reached #1 on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums list.  It spawned four Top 10 singles.  This included the number one single, "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me," which won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1986.  Her sixth album, "King's Record Shop" was released in 1987.  The album peaked at number six on the country albums chart and certified gold in the United States.  The four singles released from "King's Record Shop" all reached number one on the "Billboard" Country chart between 1987 and 1988, including a cover of Johnny Cash's "Tennessee Flat-Top Box." "All Those Years Ago" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released as a single from his 1981 album "Somewhere in England".  Having previously recorded the music for the song, Harrison tailored the lyrics to serve as a personal tribute to his former Beatles bandmate John Lennon, following the latter's murder on 8 December 1980.  The recording also includes performances by ex-Beatles Ringo Starr, on drums, and Paul McCartney, who overdubbed backing vocals onto the basic track.  Released in May 1981, the single spent three weeks at number 2 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 (behind Stars on 45's Stars on 45 (Medley)), and peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.  In addition, it topped Canada's "RPM" singles chart and spent one week at number 1 on "Billboard"' s Adult Contemporary listings. "Writing's on the Wall" is a song by English musician George Harrison from his 1981 album "Somewhere in England".  It was also the B-side of the album's lead single, "All Those Years Ago", which Harrison wrote as a tribute to his former Beatles bandmate John Lennon.  In his lyrics, Harrison sings of the transient nature of life and the importance of recognising a spiritual purpose.  Although the song was written long before Lennon's murder in New York in December 1980, the lyrics' reference to how easily friends can be shot down and killed led listeners to interpret it as a further comment on Lennon's death. "What You're Doing" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their album "Beatles for Sale", released in December 1964.  It was written by Paul McCartney, although credited to Lennon–McCartney.  The song was one of eight original compositions on "Beatles for Sale".  In North America, where Capitol Records typically altered the content of the band's albums, "What You're Doing" instead appeared on the 1965 US release "Beatles VI". Introducing... The Beatles is the first Beatles album released in the United States.  Originally scheduled for a July 1963 release, the LP came out on 10 January 1964, on Vee-Jay Records, ten days before Capitol's "Meet the Beatles! ".  The latter album, however, entered the U.S. album chart one week before the former.  Consequently, when "Meet The Beatles!"  peaked at #1 for eleven consecutive weeks, "Introducing...The Beatles" stalled at #2 where it remained nine consecutive weeks.  It was the subject of much legal wrangling, but ultimately, Vee-Jay was permitted to sell the album until late 1964, by which time it had sold more than 1.3 million copies.  On 24 July 2014 the album was certified gold and platinum by the RIAA. Deadstar (styled as deadstar) were an Australian pop rock music band formed in August 1995 by Peter Jones (Crowded House) on drums and percussion; Caroline Kennedy on lead vocals and guitar; and Barry Palmer (Hunters & Collectors) on guitar and bass guitar.  They released three studio albums, "deadstar" (October 1995), "Milk" (April 1997) and "Somewhere Over the Radio" (September 1999).  Two singles reached the top 100 on the ARIA Singles Chart, "Run Baby Run" and "Deeper Water", both in 1999.  The group were nominated for three ARIA Music Awards, "Don't It Get You Down?"  for Best Independent Release (1997), "Run Baby Run" (1999) for Best Pop Release, and "Somewhere Over the Radio" (2000) for Best Rock Album.  The group disbanded in 2001.  Peter Jones died on 18 May 2012 of brain cancer, aged 49.
Answer: John Lennon