Imagine .... 35th Anniversary Of John Lennon's Death
.... 1980 newspaper (Windsor Star) from Windsor, Ontario which I kept when Lennon was assassinated .... John Lennon was an English musician who gained worldwide fame as one of the members of the Beatles, for his subsequent solo career and for his political activism and pacifism. He was shot by Mark David Chapman in the archway of the building where he lived, The Dakota, in New York City on 8 December 1980. Lennon had just returned from Record Plant Studio with his wife, Yoko Ono. After sustaining four fatal gunshot wounds, Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at Roosevelt Hospital, he was 40 years old. At the hospital, it was stated that nobody could have lived for more than a few minutes after sustaining such injuries. Shortly after local news stations reported Lennon's death, crowds gathered at Roosevelt Hospital and in front of the Dakota. Lennon was cremated on 10 December 1980 at the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York; the ashes were given to Ono, who chose not to hold a funeral for him. .... John Lennon sings "Imagine" - youtu.be/DVg2EJvvlF8
Imagine .... 35th Anniversary Of John Lennon's Death
.... 1980 newspaper (Windsor Star) from Windsor, Ontario which I kept when Lennon was assassinated .... John Lennon was an English musician who gained worldwide fame as one of the members of the Beatles, for his subsequent solo career and for his political activism and pacifism. He was shot by Mark David Chapman in the archway of the building where he lived, The Dakota, in New York City on 8 December 1980. Lennon had just returned from Record Plant Studio with his wife, Yoko Ono. After sustaining four fatal gunshot wounds, Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at Roosevelt Hospital, he was 40 years old. At the hospital, it was stated that nobody could have lived for more than a few minutes after sustaining such injuries. Shortly after local news stations reported Lennon's death, crowds gathered at Roosevelt Hospital and in front of the Dakota. Lennon was cremated on 10 December 1980 at the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York; the ashes were given to Ono, who chose not to hold a funeral for him. .... John Lennon sings "Imagine" - youtu.be/DVg2EJvvlF8