Years Ago: John Lennon Killed By Mark David Chapman

“I consider that my work won’t be finished until I’m dead and buried – and I hope that’s a long time”.

“That’s what John Lennon is, more than a musician”. Earlier in the day, Lennon had autographed an album cover for Chapman. He then briefly had his hair cut before a day of media and music. In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him in the Top 5 of the magazine’s “100 Greatest Singers Of All Time” list.

The Dakota building is seen on the 35-year anniversary of John Lennon’s death on December 8, 2015 in New York City. An estimated crowd of 2,000 people came to honor the former Beatle who was murdered in NY. In addition, Ono continues to spread the message of peace and love that Lennon championed in songs like “Imagine” and “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” by supporting a variety of philanthropic campaigns and charities.

Lennon’s wife was not hurt….

Lennon and his Japanese-born wife, Yoko Ono, were returning to their apartment from a recording session when the shots rang out.

But in 1975 he dropped out for five years, saying he wanted to be with Yoko Ono and their son, Sean. Chapman is serving a 20 years-to-life sentence at Wende Correctional Facility in western NY.

Fans Gather At A Vigil To Mourn The Loss Of John Lennon. Four of the five shots penetrated Lennon’s body.

Today is the 35th anniversary of the death of John Lennon.

Police arrested a suspect, “described as a local screwball”, minutes after the shooting and charged him with Lennon’s murder.

Other officers arriving at the scene assessed Lennon’s condition and saw that the situation was grim.

While it’s true that Cosell was the first to announce the news on MNF (through a series of happenstance that had an ABC producer in the hospital for a bicycle accident overhearing police talking about the slain man next to him, Lennon), he wasn’t exactly announcing to all of America.

And yet, paradoxically, Mr. Lennon never lost sight of that dream.

He was rushed in a police vehicle to St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, where he died.

“Crime has been falling steadily both in London and in NY – and the only reason I wouldn’t go to some parts of NY is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump”, Johnson said. As New England was lining up for a late field goal, Cosell broke the news from the media booth at the famed Orange Bowl in Miami. At the centre of the memorial is one world: Imagine… Fans were driven to the brink of despair and there were suicide attempts.

“We were walking home one night along Central Park West on December 8 and we passed the Dakota”.