40 years ago today...

[Artemis]

John Lennon was shot Dec 8, 1980 at 10:50pm.

For the older ones here...where were you? What were you doing when you heard the news.

I was in 7th grade(13yrs) in 1980. I was at home in my room, getting ready for bed and listening to one of the local rock radio stations, Q107.



Man, I feel old.

[mockbee]

Probably sleeping, I was 3.

[Larry B.]

It’s quite odd, because I was born in 1984 but I have the memory of watching like a special TV program where people were shocked that Lennon had died; it must’ve been a special after 10 years of his death or something.

I vividly remember feeling sad and thinking Imagine was beautiful, as it was playing in the background while a painter painted a very simple picture of John. I wonder if I could find that on YouTube.

[SR]

I got Double Fantasy for a gift. I wore it out

[kv]

Was watching this with my dad..

[Hokahey]

Was watching this with my dad..

Chilling.

[Pandemonium]

I remember hearing about this at work. At the time, I worked at an Aerospace subcontractor on the night shift. One of the guys in our dept had a portable tv in his rollaway toolbox and may have had the football game going. At some point, word got around that Lennon had been murdered and a bunch of us where crowded around his tv watching breaking news updates. There was one guy who was a huge Beatles fan who was so upset he had to go home for the rest of the shift.

I think the closest emotional reaction I can recall being among a group of people was when Cobain died, I was at a graphic arts trade school at the time and all these young kids were literally crying in class when the news broke.

[kv]

My UPS guy told me about cobain...he knew we had a band and was all "I bet you guys are bummed about cobain huh?" And I'm all what about him?...so I have the memory of that and turning mtv on and the tv warming up to kurt loader talking about his death....much like my 9/11 where I was flying to Chicago that day...only to get the call from my buddy I was visiting saying you aren't going anywhere...and me not believing, turning on the TV and as the picture warmed up seeing one tower and asking where the other was....

[drifter]

John Lennon "Double Fantasy" album signed for Mark Chapman the night of assassination for sale

https://goldinauctions.com/mobile/lotde ... m_signed_f

yesterday the album was up to $500,000