
Murder of John Lennon

On the evening of 8 December 1980, English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, was shot dead in the archway of The Dakota, his residence in New York City. He was 40 years old. He was killed by Mark David Chapman, an American Beatles fan who had travelled from Hawaii.

“I think they’re all insane. But I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That’s what’s insane about it.” — John Lennon
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