December 8th...The Death of John Lennon

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 146. This time we examine the year 1980 as John Lennon is murdered outside his home in New York.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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Sources:

https://treehozz.com/who-was-john-lennons-parents

https://www.biography.com/musician/john-lennon

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Lennon

https://www.ranker.com/list/stories-about-john-lennons-dark-side/erin-wisti

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/mark-david-chapman-man-killed-john-lennon-parole/story?id=73149086

https://heavy.com/entertainment/mark-david-chapman-2020-now-today-update/

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/27/us/john-lennon-killer-denied-parole-trnd/index.html

https://www.beatlesbible.com/1958/07/15/julia-lennon-dies/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_David_Chapman

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mark-David-Chapman

https://nypost.com/article/mark-david-chapman-and-the-assassination-of-john-lennon/

https://pagesix.com/2020/11/22/the-album-john-lennon-signed-for-his-killer-is-up-for-auction/

https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/album-john-lennon-signed-killer-sale-article-1.3330083

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Photo: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon#/media/File:Yoko_Ono_and_John_Lennon_at_John_Sinclair_Freedom_Rally.jpg