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In a new three-part series, titled John Lennon: Murder Without Trial, the December 8, 1980, murder is revisited with exclusive new eyewitness interviews and unseen crime scene pictures,...
- The Hours Before John Lennon’s Death
- A Fateful Meeting with Mark David Chapman
- How Did John Lennon Die?
- Former Beatles React to John Lennon’s Death
- The Legacy of John Lennon Today
On December 8, 1980, John Lennon had a pretty normal start to the day — for a rock star, that is. After taking a break from music, Lennon — and his wife, Yoko Ono — had just released a new album called Double Fantasy. Lennon spent that morning promoting the album. First, he and Ono had an appointment with Annie Leibovitz. The famous photographer ha...
When Lennon and Ono left The Dakota a few hours later, they briefly met the man who would kill Lennon later that day. Waiting outside the apartment building, Mark David Chapman held a copy of Double Fantasyin his hands. Ron Hummel, a producer who was with Lennon and Ono, remembers the moment well. He recalls that Chapman silently held out his copy ...
At 10:50 PM on December 8, 1980, John Lennon and Yoko Ono returned home to The Dakota. Chapman later said, “John came out, and he looked at me, and I think he recognized… here’s the fellow that I signed the album earlier, and he walked past me.” As Lennon walked toward his home, Chapman raised his weapon. He fired his gun five times — and four of t...
Millions mourned the murder of John Lennon. But no one — aside from Ono — had known him as well as the other former Beatles: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison. So how did they react to John Lennon’s death? McCartney, cornered outside of a studio, was infamously quoted as saying, “It’s a drag.” Heavily criticized for this comment, McC...
In the days that followed John Lennon’s death, the world mourned with his wife and former bandmates. Crowds gathered outside The Dakota, where Lennon was shot. Radio stations played old Beatles hits. Candlelight vigils took place all over the world. Sadly, some fans found the news of John Lennon’s death so devastating that they took their own lives...
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Sadly, his life was cut short: He was shot and killed in front of his residence, the Dakota, in New York City on Dec. 8, 1980. The killer, Mark David Chapman, confessed at the scene of the...
Dec 7, 2023 · The docuseries features exclusive eyewitness interviews and previously unseen crime scene photos, shedding new light on the life and murder of Lennon, and the investigation and conviction of...
Dec 5, 2023 · Lennon was murdered on the evening of 8 December 1980 outside the glamorous Dakota building on New York's Upper West Side, where the 40-year-old musician lived with his wife, Yoko Ono, and their...
Oct 30, 2023 · Lennon was murdered in December 1980 in the archway of the Dakota, his residence in New York City. Chapman, who shot five hollow-point bullets from a .38 special revolver, confessed to killing...
