This Day in History: John Lennon Is Shot
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Published On: 2021-12-08
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This Day in History:, John Lennon Is Shot.
December 8, 1980.
The 40-year-old former member of the
Beatles was shot and killed by
obsessed fan Mark David Chapman.
The outspoken rock icon was entering his Manhattan apartment when Chapman shot him four times at close range with a .38-caliber revolver.
Lennon was rushed to
the hospital but died en route.
He had given Chapman an autograph earlier in the day.
Chapman voluntarily
remained at the scene
of the shooting until he
was arrested by police.
Demonstrations of mourning
were held all over the world.
Deemed a borderline psychotic, Chapman pleaded
guilty to murder and remains in Attica prison.
Lennon is memorialized in a section of Central Park
known as "Strawberry Fields."
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