I was 9 years old and remember my mother crying. I thought somebody in our family had died.

My dad is in this report! He was working at the Grand Hyatt Hotel the night John Lennon died, and is playing guitar from 2:59-3:01. So cool!

@toucansam3

3 жыл бұрын

That is pretty cool.

@TheKonga88

3 жыл бұрын

I am in the report too, I am the queen ant who was sitting on the reporter's shoulder in Manhattan..🤭🤭💃🏻💃🏻🐜🐜🐜🐜🏭🗽

@abdullaalromaihi6440

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKonga88 so cringe “queen ant”

@TheKonga88

3 жыл бұрын

@@abdullaalromaihi6440 Yes, I'm sure any queen ant or insect would cringe at the sight of you too 🐜🐜🐜👸👑🐜🐜🐜🐛🐛🐛🐜🐝🐝🐝🐞🐛🐛🐛🐜🐜🐝🐝🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐜🐜🐜🐝🐝🐝🐝

@abdullaalromaihi6440

2 жыл бұрын

@Adrián Sebastián Lin it’s not a joke bro. She’s probably a kid who thinks this is cool. I was just trying to tell her that it isn’t. You’d be surprised at how cringy little girls can be.

I was 19 years old, and living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and remember this day as if it happened today.

@bernardosieira6196

3 жыл бұрын

Now you are 59 😳 it make too much time.

@TheKonga88

3 жыл бұрын

I remember it as if it was 40 years ago..LMMFAO

2021 and I still cried...

I always wondered why so many fans were so heartbroken when Lennon died, someone they didn't know, I found out exactly why when Kobe Bryant died in 2020, now I fully understand

He was a great man and what would the world be if John and George were here today

@jamalmccoy1982

3 жыл бұрын

,there would be Beatles reunions every 5 years. ..

I was born roughly ten years after John's death, but I miss this man so much. Can't imagine all the pain people experienced back in the 80s.

@kerryn6714

Жыл бұрын

I was only 13 and my older brother had just bought John's "Just Like Starting Over" 45 single. We'd only lost Elvis 1977. It was a lot of heartbreak for us young kids to take on.

@user-zo8jk9jh6h

3 ай бұрын

i was born in 1996 but john lennon did not disserved to die

I was 11, in the bathroom getting ready for school. One of my older sisters banged on the door and said John Lennon was killed last night. I was in shock. Since a toddler, I played Beatles records, and I still do.

@LoneLee2022

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I didn't find out till the next day, the 9th. I cried!

I just can't believe he's been gone 40 years it just can't be real! RIP John✌♥️!!!

I remember all through the late seventies the American government was trying to get Lennon kicked out of the USA , my first thought was . Well they’ve done it .

@mewesquirrel6720

3 жыл бұрын

We didn't mean it😭😭

Next year, December 8, 2020, will be 40 years. Whatever tribute we design will be inadequate.

@robertmoir-vj1kq

4 жыл бұрын

how is thatJeanna Dysart ?

@ridhochikal8339

3 жыл бұрын

This is the year man, i'll cry when the day comes. He was killed before he even knew him.

@bonniewalker8294

3 жыл бұрын

John was 40 years plus 2 months minus 1 day old at his death. If you add that length of time to December 8, 1980, you arrive at February 7, 2021. It also, coincidentally, marks the 57th anniversary of The Beatles arriving in New York for their first American visit. On February 7, 2021 John will have been absent from our lives for the exact length of time he was on this earth.

@bernardwinn1817

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Any tribute will be In adequate

@asherahwest-flores1022

3 жыл бұрын

6 days after im 16 :(

R.i.p John Lennon 1940-1980

I grew up listening to his music as a young child bc my aunt would play his music to help me take naps. Such a tragedy. I was 17 yrs old when he taken away from us. RIP JOHN🙏♥

41 years ago today! I didn't find out until the next day, the 9th. I went numb. I lived through Beatlemania.

42 Years On Never Forgotten RIP John Lennon 1940-1980 Aged 40 💔

I was only 9 years old, and didn't know anything about this. I had the 45 "Let It Be," but didn't know how big the Beatles were. It would've been such a shock if I was older. He was taken from us way too early. Just imagine the greatness we would've had in the 80's & beyond. 40 years later, the nut is still in prison.

John Lennon. What great talent. He gave us awesome music to listen to. Gone to soon. Rest In Peace John we will see you again in the plan. !!!!!

This video has 0 dislikes. Words can't describe the sadness of the world without John.

@travisdelafuente1150

6 ай бұрын

It has 40 dislikes now. The exact age of Lennon when he died.

May Chapmans voice never be heard, and he never again see the light of day.

@Kelly14UK

2 жыл бұрын

He shouldn't be getting the extended visiting rights he gets. A slap in the face to Lennon and his family.

@axelh425

6 ай бұрын

I feel bad about myself whenever I think this but I just can't help it, especially since he admitted he knew that what he was doing was evil (and Im not even religious), and I also feel bad because this is the opposite of John Lennon's message, but still: May he rot in jail and burn in hell.

@jasonparks6006

6 ай бұрын

I talked with one of my wiser friends, and he put something in my head thats got me thinking. Lennon had a philosophy of a different way of living, a more peaceful way. And the government brought chapman in to kill him.

I can remember that night. It was a shock to me and I was asking why someone would kill John Lennon??? The shooter must have been a crazy person.

@SheilaLS

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. My brother and I were sitting in my room listening to a football game and playing a board game or cards when Howard Cosell reported about it. I was so upset. He really meant a lot to me and I was a big Beatles fan. I did a memorial painting of him just after. Still feeling the same effect of his suddenly being gone from us to this day.

@paulmcwilliams1709

2 жыл бұрын

@@SheilaLS I was watching football that night too. I believe it was Monday Night football when Howard Cosell told of John Lennon being shot, rushing him to the Hospital in a police car and he died. It was a total shock to me. I'll always remember that night.

@SheilaLS

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulmcwilliams1709 Something fundamentally shifted in the world that night and for me it's not felt right ever since.

@knockedoutloaded279

Жыл бұрын

@@SheilaLS The world got darker....

Elvis died in 1977. three years after, John Lennon was killed in 1980. RIP to the greatest rock 'n roll era. 🎸

I was living in Kansas, going to graduate school, when I got a call from my mother to tell me. I remember standing there in my kitchen, stunned, not knowing what to say or think.

It was happening 40 years ago this minute R I P

I was watching Monday Night Football when Howard Cosell announced John Lennon’s death.

@peterzebot9863

3 жыл бұрын

No one cares

@slapshot68

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterzebot9863 I do., I just so happened to be also watching a football gm wen I heard the announcer say that Kobe died

Mom and I were watching Lou Grant when the story broke on CBS that he'd been shot, around 10:50 p.m. They reported the death at 11:15, about ten minutes before Cosell on MNF.

R.I.P. John Lennon, R.i.P Gil Noble R.I.P. John Slattery,

Oh wow, I've stayed at that YMCA. Definitely somewhere a person like MDC would stay.

@robshearing2131

3 жыл бұрын

me too, though in those days i was known as hong kong phuey (had a wet fish van) you might have met me before

@ryohn5468

2 жыл бұрын

I stayed at the YMCA at west 63rd.

the murder of John Lennon served no purpose no purpose what so ever

and we'll all shine on, like the Moon and the stars and the Sun

Thank you, Alan Weiss.

The fact that Yoko told their 5 year old his father was shot and took him to the crime scene further supports the hatred for her.

@lindenstromberg6859

3 жыл бұрын

No it doesn't, where are you getting this from?

@FarhanAmin1994

2 жыл бұрын

What state of mind do you expect her to be in after what happened? An emotionally charged one or a calm, stable, rational one? No one wants to cut her any slack. Fine. Don't.

@OCTOBERBABY7901

Жыл бұрын

@notThatBad411 I think both Halliday and Unwin were used as doubles for Lennon & McCartney back in the day. Lennon wasnt murdered. Read Miles Mathis - John Lennon, he explains how this story of Lennon being shot is pure BS.

@OCTOBERBABY7901

Жыл бұрын

@notThatBad411 I'll look more into the halliday/unwin guys. 👍

@OCTOBERBABY7901

Жыл бұрын

@notThatBad411 I watched that video ystdy. Went back to look for ur comments like u said. I didn't see them. Maybe MW deleted them?

I remember this as if it were yesterday.

@ryohn5468

2 жыл бұрын

6th grade 1980.

@LoneLee2022

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! 41 years today!

@LoneLee2022

2 жыл бұрын

@notThatBad411 John Lemon..........

It 3 minutes it will be exactly 40 years since John Lennon was shot...

@flyboieblair6636

3 жыл бұрын

Wow I read this just now

Chilling video!

He was cremated almost immediately.

I was in my senior year in HS. when news of John L murder was announced....

why is the part at 1:27 muted

Really cool to see WPLJ. Nice of them to play Lennon all day.

Elvis, Bon Scott, Ian Curtis, John Bonham, John, Bob Marley & Marvin Gaye, 1977-84 we lost them all in those years.

@johndenverfan

10 ай бұрын

& John Denver

@WalterKiefer

9 ай бұрын

Keith Moon

That was one of the saddest days of my life..

@privateprivate1865

2 жыл бұрын

I was too young to remember when he died, but man do i love john Lennon. He was all about love , and thats what we need.. love 😥

@Aaliyahchannel2024

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you've have a pretty great carefree life then...If the death of a person you literally didn't know death...if the saddest day of you life. Wow...you've had it good

@jordanberry5070

Ай бұрын

@@Aaliyahchannel2024on the contrary, it seems that you have a fairly shallow view on the affectation of loss. You have to personally know someone for the sadness to count? How about growing up with someone’s art, loving it…feeling it as the soundtrack to a large chunk of your life. And then of course the excitement around what that artist is going to create moving forward….losing all that is terribly sad. You’ve got it easy, only mourning those that you know personally. I guess 9/11 was just another happy day for you, didn’t know any victims personally so just another peachy day.

@Aaliyahchannel2024

Ай бұрын

@@jordanberry5070 Waaaaah Waaaah

@jordanberry5070

Ай бұрын

@@Aaliyahchannel2024 I love that George Harrison song

Yo shout out to that guy that said mom Oml 30+ years later still the same energy around news cameras ong

my mom was born on 12 nov 1980 before john was shot

@zoecollier5085

3 жыл бұрын

hey nice last name

I was 17, and was in Air Force basic training , and was in bed getting ready to go to sleep, when about ten o'clock my time in San Antonio, I had this feeling that something was really wrong. I had no idea what happened to make me feel like that, but the next morning I saw the morning paper and it had John's name in a green box in the upper right side of the page and I knew he was dead. I didn't know how or why, but I KNEW he died. A few hours later, some guy told me about it. I was stunned.

If johnhadlived 5 years more his legend would be even larger..world tour and 5 more albums..

@ItsameAlex

2 жыл бұрын

I would have loved to see it

@knockedoutloaded279

Жыл бұрын

@@ItsameAlex And Beatles reunion at Ringo's wedding 1981......I'll never ger over it....

Announced by Howard Cosell on Monday Night football. Dec 8, 1980. Dolphins beat Patriots in overtime 16-13.

I was born on the eve 2 years after John Lennon was dead. To this day, John is still a legend.

news theme also used by channel nine Australia n the 1980's and 90's

N this is why celebrities hire bodyguards now

It was my 3rd birthday and my parents found out about his murder watching Monday Night Football.

The day the music died... again.

I was 6yrs old.. I remember my father cursing at the TV when the news broke.. I didn't know what was going on. Btw The Dakota is a portal or cursed/haunted af!

this is a great tragedy to this day !! 2022

How sad

What the media didn't know at the time was that Mark David Chapman was a late 20-something year old nobody in the late 1970's who served as a volunteer at a refugee rescue organization called 'World Vision', founded in 1950, and he was a future mind-controlled patsy set up by a secret C.I.A.-funded assassins training camp that was established by devouted C.I.A. lifer, George H.W. Bush, at World Vision's Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas facility. And it get's even better,.......care to know who was on the Board Of Directors for World Vision at that time? : John Warnock Hinkley, Sr.,.....father of the alleged Reagan assassin. The Bush's and Hinkley's were next-door neighbors in Houston. Mark Chapman and John Hinlkey, Jr. are the same age as each other. I couldn't possibly make this stuff up.

@SamSam-rs8mo

Жыл бұрын

They were both born in may 1955 and were obsesed with catcher and the rye pretty weird

What kind of a mother would bring a child to show him where his father was killed? Unbelievable. She must have been on drugs.

@toucansam3

3 жыл бұрын

We are talking about Yoko here, she's a little different than the rest of us.

@ItsameAlex

2 жыл бұрын

whats wrong with that

The #1 haunting question that remains : COULD THAT TRAGEDY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED⁉️ 💙🌹💜

@knockedoutloaded279

Жыл бұрын

Yes, lots of people were wary of him around the Dakota...

@marieblue

Жыл бұрын

@@knockedoutloaded279 Indeed so. He had been “stalking” John Lennon from afar for a while. He claimed that he heard voices telling him to murder Lennon. It’s utterly appalling. The guy was out of his mind and should have been committed to a psychiatric ward years before he could reach his victim. To this day, I believe deep down that the tragedy could have been prevented.

@marieblue

Жыл бұрын

@@knockedoutloaded279 Best regards to you, Jason.

@Graeme726

Жыл бұрын

Chapmans wife knew of his intention and he'd been to New York earlier in the year and she knew he was going back and never thought about alerting the authorities, she could've stopped this happening, no idea why she never

@marieblue

Жыл бұрын

@@Graeme726 As many others, she knew he was sick and was a threat either to himself or to others. He had been committed in the past. Don’t people understand the notions of liability, accountability, responsibility?

He should have stayed in England; he would have lived. I've always believed that. I could be wrong, but that's my view.

❤️😔

Was that Travolta?

A BLAST: Just like a THUNDERBOLT A flame between the shoulders As ground rush up to meet me face A thought: "Now this is odd... 'I'm SHOT' sez I, (for, yes I was) T'was not as I'd IMAGINED... As mortal body hit the deck I thought: "I'm meeting GOD"... The rush of footsteps all about (Poor agitated Mother...) My lifeblood quickly running out Preparing for another I suddenly was up above And looking down at LENNON Who looked so frail and waifish Amongst the folks who gathered Half-in and more than halfway out Already on The Way... Tho' still some life left in the lad He simply cannot stay And like a giant ragdoll, Removed quickly from the scene Traffic lights - the noise of Life Of fellow Human Beans "LENNON" is what they all cried: John Lennon Lennon Lennon... As I hovered up above My old name echoed and repeated "Save Him - We Must Save Him" - In their thoughts and energy As if LENNON were the Ticket To Salvation It really was astounding Quite the spectacle, my friends And I marveled at their wild DETERMINATION The white walls of the hospital The stark wails of the fans The sadness of His family And His friends Yet YONDER now was beckoning And the wonder of it all As remembering: "Ah! We BEGIN AGAIN..." With JOY, remembered: WE DON'T DIE! It all came rushing through Embraced in Father-Mother's Love Knew We had God's work To do. And now mere words elude Him Yes, Wordsmith Wonder Lennon Except for one: A Signpost Accompanied by a Song And brightly lit By a single Star: "LENA." 👁❤🌟

I was in bed listening to my radio on headphones and I sat up in bed totally in shock after hearing that John Lennon was shot to death.

I was 11 months old

hey who's here rn

What i dont undetstand why didnt he have a body gurad?? Great man he will always be a 40 yearold

@raymondnguyen5813

2 жыл бұрын

“I don’t need a bodyguard, nobody bothers me here” - John days before his death

@pinky-ud1rt

2 жыл бұрын

@@raymondnguyen5813 ok i didnt know john lennon said that hun

@knockedoutloaded279

Жыл бұрын

He did have bodyguards..

It’s 100 years later and

Only 24 hours remember in Mexico when they killed this singer they had his music over 5 months straight

🙏

Steven king killed this man

@knockedoutloaded279

Жыл бұрын

sure did..

John should have had security.

On the day He was Shot i was planning to buy His new record

here's a man nowhere safe !! like that no-man's-house Chapman there are so many !!!!

CBS broke the story first.

the world is still in chaos john srry i promise to conclude ur minds mission

lmao

Roseanne Rosanna Danna !

Drama!

Never, ever forget it. Like JFK, MLK.

lullaby for babies to go to sleep

Killed by CIA

@dr.miguelitoloveless9478

2 жыл бұрын

Actually,.....you are correct. Mark David Chapman was an early 20-something year old nobody in the late 1970's who served as a volunteer at a refugee rescue organization called 'World Vision', founded in 1950, and he was mind-controlled by a secret C.I.A.-funded assassins training camp set up at World Vision's Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas facility that was established by none other than George H.W. Bush. And it get's even better,.......care to know who was on the Board Of Directors for World Vision at that time? : John Warnock Hinkley, Sr.,.....father of the alleged Reagan assassin. The Bush's and Hinkley's were next-door neighbors in Houston. Mark Chapman and John Hinlkey, Jr. are the same age as each other. I couldn't possibly make this stuff up.

John Lennon was a man who was greatly over rated by all the hype. The Beatles had some catchy tunes and John had a couple good lyrics, but he wasn't all that.

@jasonburns4071

2 жыл бұрын

Well...the truth is that music before the Beatles arrived on the scene was pretty desperate. The changes popular music for ever. Suddenly singers were writing their own songs and not relying on the Brill Music Factory to supply them. That was a good thing. Music...pop music...was stale before the Beatles arrived on the scene. It was exactly the right time for them and their charm was welcomed all over the world. And thank God for that.

Wow...this is huge if true.

Someone else would have shot John,if mark didn't kill him.