TRUE RESPECT: A Quiet Act That Spoke Louder Than Words No cameras. No reporters. Just silence. Early this morning, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the last surviving Beatles, were seen visiting John Lennon’s grave. In Paul’s hands — a single white flower and a small cake, a tender tribute on what would have been Lennon’s birthday. Witnesses say they stood in silence for minutes, heads bowed, the weight of memory hanging softly in the air.

When George Harrison wrote “Here Comes the Sun” in the spring of 1969, it wasn’t...