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John Winston Lennon werd geboren op 9 oktober 1940 in Liverpool.
Na een bewogen jeugd, met ziekte, een weggelopen vader en een te vroeg overleden moeder,
raakte hij in zijn pubertijd bevriend met Paul McCartney.
The Liverpool School of Art was niet aan hem besteed
en hij besloot al vroeg om zich volledig aan de muziek te wijden.
Samen met McCartney en George Harrison richtte hij het bandje Johnny and the Moondogs op.
Later werd dit The Silver Beetles en weer wat later gewoon The Beatles.
De roerige jaren '60 braken aan en The Beatles lieten regelmatig van zich horen
met als hoogtepunt het album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ('67).
Het was tevens misschien wel het laatste album waarop het viertal echt samenwerkte.
The Beatles ging op 31 december 1970 uit elkaar.
Lennon begon een succesvolle solocarriëre met beroemde
en beruchte albums als Plastic Ono Band ('70) en Imagine ('71).
Verder liet hij van zich horen middels aparte acties als een sleep-inn in Amsterdam.
Samen met Yoko Ono, sinds '69, zijn vrouw verbleef hij een week in bed, voor de wereldvrede.
Als John Lennon en Yoko Ono op 8 december 1980 na opnames in de studio 's avonds naar huis terugkeren,
wordt de ex-Beatle vermoord voor het Dakota-appartementencomplex in New York.
Mark Chapman vuurt zeven kogels op John Lennon af.
John Lennon overlijdt op veertigjarige leeftijd.
De middag voordat hij de zanger vermoordt, heeft de 25-jarige Lennon-"fan" Mark David Chapman
nog een handtekening gevraagd aan zijn idool.
Lennon zet zijn krabbel op de hoes van het album Double Fantasy.
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9 oktober 1940 - 8 december 1980 |
God
John Lennon
God is a concept
By which we measure
Our pain
I'll say it again
God is a concept
By which we measure
Our pain
Yes we do
I don't believe in Magic,
I don't believe in I-ching,
I don't believe in Bible,
I don't believe in Tarot,
I don't believe in Hitler,
I don't believe in Jesus,
I don't believe in Kennedy,
I don't believe in Buddha,
I don't believe in Mantra,
I don't believe in Gita,
I don't believe in Yoga,
I don't believe in Kings,
I don't believe in Elvis,
I don't believe in Zimmerman,
I don't believe in Beatles,
I just believe in me
Yoko and me
And that's reality.
The dream is over
What can I say?
The dream is over
Yesterday
I was dreamweaver
But now I'm reborn
I was the walrus
But now I'm John
And so dear friends
You just have to carry on
The dream is over.
Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and out)
John Lennon
Nobody loves you when you're down and out
Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine
Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime
I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine
I've been across to the other side
I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide
And still you ask me do I love you, what it is, what it is
All I can tell you is it's all show biz
All I can tell you is it's all show biz
Nobody loves you when you're down and out
Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine
Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime
I'll scratch your back and you knife mine
I've been across the water now so many times
I've seen the one eyed witchdoctor leading the blind
And still you ask me do I love you, what you say, what you say
Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away
Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away
Well I get up in the morning and I'm looking in the mirror to see, ooo wee!
Then I'm lying in the darkness and I know I can't get to sleep, ooo wee!
Nobody loves you when you're old and grey
Nobody needs you when you're upside down
Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday
Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground
I Don't Wanna Face It
John Lennon
Say you're looking for a place to go
Where nobody knows your name
You're looking for oblivion with one
Eye on the hall of fame
I don't wanna face it oh no
I don't wanna face it no no no no
Well I can dish it out
But I just can't take it
Say you're looking for some peace and love
Leader of a big old band
You wanna save humanity
But it's people that you just can't stand
I don't wanna face it oh no
I don't wanna face it no no no no
Well I can sing for my supper
But I just can't make it
Well now you're lookin' for a world of truth
Trying to find a better way
The time has come to see yourself
You always look the other way
I don't wanna face it oh no
I don't wanna face it no no no no
Well I can see the promised land
And I know I can make it!
I know I don't wanna face it
I don't wanna face it oh no
I don't wanna face it oh no
I don't wanna face it
No
I don't wanna face it
I just can't face it no more
Every time I look in the mirror
I don't see anybody there
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How?
John Lennon
How can I go forward when I don't know
which way I'm facing?
How can I go forward when I don't know
which way to turn?
How can I go forward into something
I'm not sure of? Oh no, oh no
How can I have feeling if I don't know
if it's a feeling?
How can I feel something if I just don't know
how to feel,
How can I have feelings when my
feelings have always been denied?
Oh no, oh no
You know life can be long,
And you have got to be so strong,
And the world is so tough
sometimes I feel I have had enough,
Oh no, oh no,
How can I give love when I don't know
what it is I'm giving?
How can I give love when I just don't know
how to give?
How can I give love when love is something
I aint never had? Oh no, oh no
You know life can be long,
And you have got to be so strong,
And the world she is tough
sometimes I feel I have had enough,
Oh no, oh no,
How can we go forward when we don't
know which way we're facing?
How can we go forward when
we don't know which way to turn?
How go forward into
something we're not sure of?
Oh no, oh no.
Jealous Guy
John Lennon
I was dreaming of a past
and my heart was beating fast
I began to lose control
I began to lose control
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy
I was feeling insecure
you might not love me anymore
I was shivering inside
I was shivering inside
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy
(whisle)
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy
I was trying to catch your eyes
thought that you was trying to hide
I was swallowing my pain
I was swallowing my pain
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy
Watch out
I'm just a jealous guy
Look out Babe,
I'm just a jealous guy
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Working Class Hero
John Lennon
As soon as your born they make you feel small
by giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
Working Class Hero is something to be
Working Class Hero is something to be
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and despise a fool
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules
Working Class Hero is something to be
Working Class Hero is something to be
When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years
then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function you're so full of fear
Working Class Hero is something to be
Working Class Hero is something to be
Keep you doped with religon, sex and T.V.
and you think you're so clever and classless and free
but you're still fucking peasents as far as I can see
Working Class Hero is something to be
Working Class Hero is something to be
There's room at the top I'm telling you still
but first you must learn how to smile as you kill
if you want to be like the folks on the hill
Working Class Hero is something to be
Yes, A Working Class Hero is something to be
If you want to be a hero well just follow me
If you want to be a hero well just follow me
Crippled Inside
John Lennon
You can shine your shoes
and wear a suit
You can comb your hair
and look quite cute
You can hide your face
behind a smile
One thing you canââ,¬â,,¢t hide
Is when youââ,¬â,,¢re crippled inside
You can wear a mask
and paint your face
You can call yourself
the human race
You can wear a collar
and a tie
One thing you canââ,¬â,,¢t hide
Is when youââ,¬â,,¢re crippled inside
Well now you know that your
Cat has nine lives, babe
Nine lives to itself
But you only got one
And a dogââ,¬â,,¢s life ainââ,¬â,,¢t fun
Mamma take a look outside
You can go to church
and sing a hymn
You can judge me by the colour
of my skin
You can live a lie until you die
One thing you canââ,¬â,,¢t hide
Is when youââ,¬â,,¢re crippled inside
Well now you know that your
Cat has nine lives
Nine lives to itself
But you only got one
And a dogââ,¬â,,¢s life ainââ,¬â,,¢t fun
Mamma take a look outside
You can go to church
and sing a hymn
You can judge me by the colour
of my skin
You can live a lie until you die
One thing you canââ,¬â,,¢t hide
Is when youââ,¬â,,¢re crippled inside
One thing you canââ,¬â,,¢t hide
Is when youââ,¬â,,¢re crippled inside
One thing you canââ,¬â,,¢t hide
Is when youââ,¬â,,¢re crippled inside
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
John Lennon
(Happy Xmas Kyoko
Happy Xmas Julian)
So this is Xmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Xmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas
(war is over)
For weak and for strong
(if you want it)
For rich and the poor ones
(war is over)
The world is so wrong
(now)
And so happy Xmas
(war is over)
For black and for white
(if you want it)
For yellow and red ones
(war is over)
Let's stop all the fight
(now)
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas
(war is over)
And what have we done
(if you want it)
Another year over
(war is over)
A new one just begun
(now)
And so happy Xmas
(war is over)
We hope you have fun
(if you want it)
The near and the dear one
(war is over)
The old and the young
(now)
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over, if you want it
War is over now
Happy Xmas
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Give Me Some Truth
John Lennon
I'm sick and tired of hearing things
from uptight-short sighted-
narrow minded hypocritics
All I want is the truth
just give me some truth
I've had enough of reading things
by nuerotic-pyschotic-
pig headed politicians
All I want is the truth
just give me some truth
No short haired-yellow bellied
son of tricky dicky
is gonna mother hubbard
soft soap with me
with just a pocketful of hope
money for dope
money for rope
No short haired-yellow bellied
son of tricky dicky
is gonna mother hubbard
soft soap with me
with just a pocketful of hope
money for dope
money for rope
I'm sick to death of seeing things
from tight lipped- condescending - mommies
little chauvinists
All I want is the truth
just give me some truth now
I've had enough of watching scenes
of schizophrenic - ego - centric
- paranoic - prima - donnas
All I want is the truth
just give me some truth
No short haired-yellow bellied
son of tricky dicky
is gonna mother hubbard
soft soap with me
with just a pocketful of hope
money for dope
money for rope
I'm sick and tired of hearing things
from uptight-short sighted-
narrow minded hypocritics
All I want is the truth
just give me some truth
I've had enough of reading things
by nuerotic-pyschotic-
pig headed politicians
All I want is the truth
just give me some truth
Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple)
John Lennon
We don't care what flag you're waving
We don't even want to know your name
We don't care where you're from or where you're going
All we know is that you came
You're making all our desicions
We have just one request of you
That while you're thinking things over
Here's something you just better do
Free the people now
Do it do it do it now
Well we were caught with our hands in the air
Don't desapir paranoia is everywhere
We can shake it with love when we're scared
So let's shout it aloud like a prayer
We understand your paranoia
But we don't want to play your game
You think you're cool and know what you are doing
666 is your name
So while you're jerking off each other
You better bear this thought in mind
Your time is up you better know it
But maybe you don't read the signs
Well you were caught with your hands in the kill
And you still got to swallow your pill
As you slip and you slide down the hill
On the blood of the people you killed
Stop the killing now
Do it do it do it now
Bring on the Lucie
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Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
John Lennon
Close your eyes,
Have no fear,
The monsters gone,
He's on the run and your daddy's here,
Beautiful,
Beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful Boy,
Before you go to sleep,
Say a little prayer,
Every day in every way,
It's getting better and better,
Beautiful,
Beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful Boy,
Out on the ocean sailing away,
I can hardly wait,
To see you to come of age,
But I guess we'll both,
Just have to be patient,
Yes it's a long way to go,
But in the meantime,
Before you cross the street,
Take my hand,
Life is just what happens to you,
While your busy making other plans,
Beautiful,
Beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful Boy,
Darling,
Darling,
Darling Sean.
Good night Sean
See you in the morning
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Steel and Glass
(This is a story about your friend and mine
Who is it, who is it, who is it?)
There you stand with your L.A. tan
And your New York walk and your New York talk
You're mother left you when you were small
But you're gonna wish you wasn't born at all
Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Your phone don't ring no one answers your call
How does it feel to be off the wall
Well your mouthpiece squawks as he spreads your lies
But you can't pull strings if your hands are tied
Well your teeth are clean but your mind is capped
You leave your smell like an alley cat
Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Real Love
All my little plans and schemes
Lost like some forgotten dream
Seems like all I really was doing
Was waiting for you
Just like little girls and boys
Playing with their little toys
Seems like all they really were doing
Was waiting for Love
Don't need to be alone
No need to be alone
It's real love
It's real, yes it's real love
It's real
From this moment on I know
Exactly where my life will go
Seems that all I really was doing
Was waiting for love
Don't need to be afraid
No need to be afraid
It's real love
It's real, yes it's real love
It's real
Thought I'd been in love before,
But in my heart I wanted more
Seems like all I really was doing
Was waiting for you
Don't need to be afraid
No need to be afraid
It's real love
Yes it's real, yes it's real love
It's real, yes it's real love...
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I'm Losing You
Here in some stranger's room
Late in the afternoon
What am I doing here at all?
Ain't no doubt about it
I'm losing you
I'm losing you
Somehow the wires got crossed
Communication's lost
Can't even get you on the telephone
Just got to shout about it
I'm losing you
I'm losing you
Well, here in the valley of indecision
I don't know what to do
I feel you slipping away
I feel you slipping away
I'm losing you
I'm losing you
Well now, you say you're not getting enough
But I remind you of all that bad, bad, bad stuff
So what the hell am I supposed to do?
Just put a bandaid on it?
And stop the bleeding now
Stop the bleeding now
I'm losing you
I'm losing you
Well, well, well
I know I hurt you then
But hell, that was way back when
Well, do you still have to carry that cross? (drop it)
Don't want to hear about it
I'm losing you
I'm losing you
Don't want to lose you now
Welllllllll!
So long ago
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Mind Games
We're playing those mind games together
Pushing the barriers, planting seeds
Playing the mind guerrilla
Chanting the mantra, peace on earth
We all been playing those mind games forever
Some kinda druid dude lifting the veil
Doing the mind guerrilla
Some call it magic, the search for the grail
Love is the answer and you know that for sure
Love is a flower, you got to let it, you got to let it grow
So keep on playing those mind games together
Faith in the future, outta the now
You just can't beat on those mind guerrillas
Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind
Yeah we're playing those mind games forever
Projecting our images in space and in time
Yes is the answer and you know that for sure
Yes is surrender, you got to let it, you got to let it go
So keep on playing those mind games together
Doing the ritual dance in the sun
Millions of mind guerrillas
Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel
Keep on playing those mind games forever
Raising the spirit of peace and love
Love...
(I want you to make love, not war, I know you've heard it before)
Imagine
John Lennon
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
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Woman
John Lennon
Woman I can hardly express,
My mixed emotion at my thoughtlessness,
After all I'm forever in your debt,
And woman I will try express,
My inner feelings and thankfullness,
For showing me the meaning of success,
oooh well, well,
oooh well, well,
Woman I know you understand
The little child inside the man,
Please remember my life is in your hands,
And woman hold me close to your heart,
However, distant don't keep us apart,
After all it is written in the stars,
oooh well, well,
oooh well, well,
Woman please let me explain,
I never mean(t) to cause you sorrow or pain,
So let me tell you again and again and again,
I love you (yeah, yeah) now and forever,
I love you (yeah, yeah) now and forever,
I love you (yeah, yeah) now and forever,
I love you (yeah, yeah)...
The Luck of the Irisch
John Lennon
If you have the luck of
the Irish,
You'd be sorry and wish you
were dead.
You should have the luck of
the Irish
And you'd wish you was
English instead!
A thousand years of torture
and hunger
Drove the people away from
their land,
A land full of beauty and wonder
Was raped by the British
brigands! Goddamn!
Goddamn!
If you could keep voices
like flowers
There'd be shamrock all over
the world.
If you could drink dreams
like the Irish streams
Then the world would be high
as the mountain of morn.
In the 'Pool they told us
the story
How the English divided
the land,
Of the pain, the death and
the glory
And the poets of auld Eireland
If we could make chains with
the morning dew
The world would be like
Galway Bay
Let's walk over rainbows
like leprechauns
The world would be one big
Blarney stone
Why the hell are the English
there anyway?
As they kill with God on
their side!
Blame it all on the kids and
the IRA!
As the bastards commit genocide
Aye! Aye!
Genocide!
If you had the luck of
the Irish
You should have the luck of
the Irish
You'd be sorry and wish you
were dead
And you's wish you were
english instead!
Yes you'd wish you was
English instead!!
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How do you Sleep?
So Sgt. Pepper took you by surprise
You better see right through that mother's eyes
Those freaks was right when they said you was dead
The one mistake you made was in your head
Ah, how do you sleep?
Ah, how do you sleep at night?
You live with straights who tell you you was king
Jump when your momma tell you anything
The only thing you done was yesterday
And since you're gone you're just another day
Tell me, .... how do you sleep at night?
Tell me, .... how do you sleep at night?
Ooooh, how do you sleep at night?
A pretty face may last a year or two
But pretty soon they'll see what you can do
The sound you make is muzak to my ears
You must have learned something in all those years
ohhhh, how do you sleep brother?
Tell me how do you sleep at night?
Citaat van: HLN.be.30 jaar geleden werd John Lennon vermoord
NEW YORK - Het is woensdag dertig jaar geleden dat John Lennon werd doodgeschoten voor zijn appartement in New York.
De Britse muzieklegende en vredesactivist die nu 70 jaar zou zijn, wordt over de hele wereld herdacht.
Het voormalig lid van de Britse popgroep The Beatles werd op 8 december 1980 om tien voor elf 's avonds vier keer
in zijn rug geschoten door de Amerikaan Mark David Chapman. Lennons tweede vrouw Yoko Ono was getuige van de moord
door de psychisch gestoorde Beatlesfan, die nog altijd vastzit.
In New York betonen fans woensdag eer aan Lennon vlak bij het appartementencomplex waar Lennon om het leven kwam en waar
Yoko Ono nog steeds woont. De fans komen daar ieder jaar samen op de geboortedag, 9 oktober, en de sterfdag van de ster.
Woensdag komen ook in Lennons geboorteplaats Liverpool fans samen om de dood van de muzikant te herdenken.
Yoko Ono gaf ter ere van Lennon een concert in de Japanse hoofdstad Tokio.
Vrouw van Chapman had moord op Lennon makkelijk kunnen tegenhouden
Gloria Chapman, de echtgenote van Mark Chapman, de man die op 8 december 1980 John Lennon vermoordde,
had naar alle waarschijnlijkheid haar man kunnen stoppen. Twee maanden eerder was Chapman al eens vertrokken
om zijn dodelijke missie te voltrekken. Hij begon echter te twijfelen en vloog terug naar Hawaï, waar hij aan zijn vrouw
zijn plan opbiechtte. Hij liet haar zelfs de revolver en vijf kogels zien. Omdat hij beloofde een afspraak te maken
bij een psychiater, deed Gloria Chapman niks. De afspraak werd nooit gemaakt en twee maanden later was John Lennon dood.
Gloria Chapman is overigens nog steeds getrouwd met de moordenaar van Lennon. Ze vliegt elk jaar van Hawaï naar New York
om haar man in de gevangenis te bezoeken.
In oktober 1980 vloog de manisch depressieve Chapman, die ook leed aan een zeldzame vorm van autisme en kampte met een
obsessie voor zowel John Lennon als Holden Caulfield, de anti-held uit JD Salingers Catcher in the Rye, van zijn woonplaats Hawaï
met een revolver naar Atlanta en kocht daar munitie. In Atlanta ging Chapman naar de bioscoop om de film Ordinary People te zien,
omdat hij had gehoord dat die geïnspireerd was door Catcher in the Rye. De film deed hem twijfelen aan zijn moordplannen,
en Chapman keerde onverricht ter zake weer naar Hawaï.
Liefde
"Hij vertelde dat zijn liefde voor mij hem weerhouden had om de trekker over te halen", vertelt Gloria over die eerste potentiële
moordpoging van haar man op opnames die nu voor het eerst zijn opgedoken. Chapman beloofde hulp te zoeken, maar deed dat niet
en vloog op 6 december naar New York. Hij nam een kamer in de Sheraton en schoot een dag later Lennon dood.
"Snap niet waarom ze niet naar politie stapte"
Mark Chapman zelf vindt ook dat zijn vrouw meer had moeten doen om hem tegen te houden blijkt uit andere opnames,
gemaakt drie weken na de moord: "Ik snap nog steeds niet dat ze niet naar de politie is gestapt om te vertellen dat ik
John Lennon zou gaan vermoorden."
44 uur seks per jaar
Chapman zit ondertussen al dertig jaar in de cel, dient om de twee jaar een verzoek in tot voorwaardelijke vrijlating,
en krijgt elk jaar bezoek van zijn Gloria, die beweert hem ook al 30 jaar trouw te zijn. Tijdens dat jaarlijks bezoek heeft Chapman
recht op 44 private "seksuurtjes" samen met zijn vrouw, buiten het bereik van camera's en bewakers.
Gloria Chapman, net als Lennons vrouw Yoko Ono overigens van Japanse afkomst, is 59 en werkt in een ziekenhuis op 15 kilometer
van Honolulu. Ze gaf haar job als reisagente op om naar eigen zeggen "iets te gaan doen waardoor ik mijn schuld ten opzichte van
de maatschappij kan inlossen."
Scheiding en slaag
Haar vastberandenheid om Chapman trouw te blijven is bizar omdat uit de nu uitgebrachte interviews blijkt dat die zelf wou scheiden
van Gloria. Die geeft toe dat Chapman ermee dreigde zelf de procedure in gang te zetten als ze dat zelf niet zou doen. Bovendien blijkt
uit de gesprekken dat ze vaak slaag kreeg van Mark Chapman.
Chapman zelf beweert ondertussen dat hij god gevonden heeft in de gevangenis en "de duivels in zijn hoofd verdreven heeft".
In september werd echter zijn zesde verzoek op vrijlating afgewezen. |
http://www.youtube.com/v/jknynk5vny8&hl=nl_NL&fs=1?rel=0
Howard Cosell - 8 December 1980
"This, we have to say it, remember this is just a football game, no matter who wins or loses.
An unspeakable tragedy, confirmed to us by ABC News in New York City:
John Lennon, outside of his apartment building on the West Side of New York City,
the most famous, perhaps, of all The Beatles, shot twice in the back, rushed to Roosevelt Hospital,
dead ... on ... arrival"
:cry: