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1 day ago · Following a five-year hiatus, Lennon returned to music in 1980 with the Ono collaboration Double Fantasy. He was murdered by a Beatles fan, Mark David Chapman, three weeks after the album's release. As a performer, writer or co-writer, Lennon had 25 number-one singles in the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
May 17, 2024 · John Lennon’s killer, Mark David Chapman, was a fan of The Beatles and a former security guard from Hawaii, per USA Today. Chapman, a YMCA employee, fatally shot Lennon outside his New York...
3 days ago · The murder of John Lennon on 8 December 1980 disturbed Harrison and reinforced his decades-long concern about stalkers. The tragedy was also a deep personal loss, although Harrison and Lennon had little contact in the years before Lennon was killed.
Jun 1, 2024 · John Lennon was shot to death by a deranged fan, Mark David Chapman, in front of his Manhattan apartment building on December 8, 1980.
5 days ago · Lennon’s murder highlighted how much New York City seemed to have declined into lawlessness. The next year, 1,867 New Yorkers were gunned down.
2 days ago · In his final weeks, Lenin was visited by Zinoviev, Kamenev, and Bukharin; the latter visited him at his Gorki mansion on the day of his death. On 21 January 1924, Lenin fell into a coma and died later that day at age 53. His official cause of death was recorded as an incurable disease of the blood vessels.
Jun 4, 2024 · On December 8, 1980, the world was shocked and saddened by the murder of John Lennon, a founding member of The Beatles and a global icon of peace and music. Lennon was shot outside his home at the Dakota apartment building in New York City by Mark David Chapman.
