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Dec 8 1980 The Day The Music Died
John Lennon was killed by on Dec. 8, 1980, as he returned to his New York apartment from a recording session.
At 22:49 the Lennon's limousine pulls up outside the Dakota, Yoko gets out first. She is followed closely by her husband, as she passes him the killer says "Hello". Lennon gives the guy a long, hard look. As John passes him, the man steps back and pull a revolver from his pocket. Two shots struck Lennon in the left side of his back and two more in his left shoulder. All four wounds caused serious internal damage, and at least one of them fatally pierced Lennon's aorta.
Some time later after an unsuccessful attempt at cardiac massage, John Winston Lennon is pronounced dead.