Who Killed John Lennon?

James H. Sterling
James H. Sterling
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Beatles Frontman John Lennon Was Walking Back from Record Plant Studio into His Apartment Building in New York City, the Dakota, When He Was Killed on 8...

Who Killed John Lennon?

Beatles frontman John Lennon was walking back from Record Plant Studio into his apartment building in New York City, The Dakota, when he was killed on 8 December, 1980. Mark Chapman

Mark Chapman
Mark David Chapman was born on May 10, 1955, in Fort Worth, Texas. His father, David Chapman, was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and his mother, Diane (née Pease), was a nurse. His younger sister, Susan, was born seven years later.
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, a huge fan of Lennon's, used a . 38 caliber gun to shoot the music icon four times.

What were John Lennon's last words?

"Yeah" was apparently the last word uttered by John Lennon, according to an interview with one of the two policemen rushing him to Roosevelt Hospital. "I'm Shot!" he exclaimed just after the bullets hit him in the side and back.

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John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, the rock group that transformed popular music in the 1960s, is shot and killed by an obsessed fan in New York City. The 40-year-old artist was entering his luxury Manhattan apartment building when Mark David Chapman shot him four times at close range with a .

James H. Sterling

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