On this day – 8th December 1980 – John Lennon from the Beatles died
John Lennon was an English singer and songwriter who were,
without doubt, best known for his co-founding of the band “the Beatles”. He
continued his career after the band was dissolved as a solo artist and as an
political activist. His most famous solo songs include “Imagine” and “Working
Class Hero”.
John Lennon only mad it to 40 years old. On this day, in
1980, he was murdered in New York City where he lived at the time. He was shot
by Mark David Chapman, a former the Beatles fan, but a Christian fanatic at the
time of the shooting. He shot at Lennon five times and hit him with four of the
shots. John Lennon was pronounced dead at the arrival at the hospital. Chapman,
who stayed at the murder scene and was caught, plead guilty and was sentenced
to prison where he still is today.
John Lennon’s death lead to a worldwide mourning unlike anything
that had been experienced before. At least three the Beatles fans committed suicide
after his death. Lennon left behind two children and his wife and a musical
legacy that not many other musicians have managed to recreate.
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| Just hours before he was murdered signed John Lennon a copy of Double fantasy for Chapman, his murderer. Copyright wikipedia |
"You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
Ant the world will be as one"
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