is considered one of the most important figures in the history of music. The songs created by one of the four legendary artists call for the fight for peace and human rights. Unfortunately, the career of the 40-year-old artist was cut short by the sudden death at the hands of a mentally disturbed fan. What were the circumstances of John Lennon’s death?
Lennon signed his killer’s record. The man was waiting for the musician outside his villa
When The Beatles broke up, John Lennon embarked on a solo career. After recording several albums, he disappeared from the media for some time. After a break, he returned to the recording studio with his wife, Yoko Ono, to release the album “Double Fantasy”. On the day of the artist’s death, i.e. December 8, 1980, the couple worked from the morning on a session for the magazine “Rolling Stones”.
After shooting, John and Yoko went to a private residence for a while before returning to the recording studio. A crowd of fans was waiting for the artist in front of the house. Among them was , who approached Lennon asking him to sign the record. “Is that all you need?” Was it supposed to be like this? – a musician to a man who fired five fatal shots in his direction a few hours later.
Chapman planned the murder. When Lennon was dying, he was reading a book
After a hard day, John and Yoko decided to stop working in the studio and go home. Before the married couple left the building, the musician confessed his love to his wife. “I don’t know why he decided at that moment to say all this as if he wanted me to remember it forever,” recalled the musician’s widow.
Just before 11:00 p.m., the couple arrived at their villa. As they got out of the car, Chapman, waiting at the gate, shot Lennon five times. Four bullets hit the artist. Help was called immediately. While Yoko tried to stop the bleeding, Chapman was leaning against the gate, reading the book Catcher in the Rye. The policemen, who were the first to arrive at the scene, handcuffed the murderer and then decided to transport the musician to the hospital. Unfortunately, it was too late to be saved.
The murderer believed that the musician was a hypocrite. He killed him out of jealousy
The investigation showed that David Chapman meticulously planned the murder of John Lennon. The artist was his idol from early childhood. Frustrations caused by failures in life made Chapman fall into depression, and when he learned that Lennon lived in luxury, which was contrary to what he sang, he decided to take his life. During interrogation, he confessed to the crime. “I asked for his autograph, but what I really wanted was his life. I just so happened to get him and the other, said the killer.
John Lennon died on December 8, 1980 at the age of 40.
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Source: Gazeta
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