AP WAS THERE: John Lennon was shot 35 years ago

The event, dubbed Imagine: John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert, saw performances from Eric Church, Sheryl Crow, Steven Tyler and individual sets from Kristofferson, Nelson and Stapleton at one of America’s biggest venues, New York City’s Madison Square Garden.

It was outside his luxury apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, near Central Park, that Chapman ended the ex-Beatles star’s life, firing several shots and leaving Lennon with severe wounds in his chest, back and left arm. Rather than wait on an ambulance officers Herb Frauenberger and Tony Palma bundled the dying Beatle into the back of a squad auto whereupon he was rushed to hospital.

Chapman was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison and was last denied parole in August 2014. I am sorry for being such an idiot and choosing the wrong way for glory’.

Thirty-five years ago on December 8, Mark David Chapman shot and killed Lennon, a former Beatles member. He said he had no doubt that Lennon was “dead at the moment the first shots entered his body”.

“Police said the unidentified suspect, who is about 25, was being held on suspicion of murder”.

Heartbroken fans gathered on Mathew Street and outside Lennon’s apartment in NY within hours of his death. Lennon wanted to have his wife in the picture with him.

Police said the shooting occurred outside the Dakota, the century-old luxury apartment house where Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, lived.

Lennon was taken to Roosevelt Hospital in a police radio auto and was pronounced dead on arrival in the emergency room….

“Obviously the man was waiting for him”, Sergeant Barnes said of the assailant. 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. When Lennon and Ono finally arrived home, Lennon met with some fans to sign autographs.

Michael’s movie star father Kirk, who turns 99 on December 9, recently anxious he couldn’t remember one of his own movies – until he realised he was actually watching his son on screen.