John Lennon, killed 25 years ago today

1980 Former Beatle John Lennon (b. October 9, 1940) was shot dead in New York by deranged 25-year-old fan Mark David Chapman ...

"Lennon died at 10:50 on a Monday night. America was a much simpler place, a three-channel country where broadcaster Howard Cosell announced Lennon's death on 'Monday Night Football.' He started the avalanche of grief that became my generation's where-were-you-then moment, like the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11."
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