NY - Mark David Chapman & the murder of John Lennon, 1980

[BetteDavisEyes]

Paul McCartney says John Lennon responsible for Beatles breakup (nbcnews.com)

Speaking on an episode of BBC Radio 4’s “This Cultural Life”, McCartney said it was John Lennon who wanted to disband The Beatles.

LONDON — Paul McCartney has revisited the breakup of The Beatles, flatly refuting the suggestion that he was responsible for the group’s demise.

Speaking on an episode of BBC Radio 4’s “This Cultural Life” that is scheduled to air on Oct. 23, McCartney said it was John Lennon who wanted to disband The Beatles.

“I didn’t instigate the split,” McCartney said. “That was our Johnny.”...

 

[meanmaryjean]

And you know who influenced John of course.

 

[WyomingSkyAngel]

Not a huge surprise, honestly.

 

[Richard]

41 Years Ago...

Mark David Chapman, murderer of John Lennon, December 1980

 

[imstilla.grandma]

According to British author and TV producer David Whelan, two different types of bullets were removed from Lennon's body during the autopsy. One was marked as a Semi-wadcutter or hollow-point bullet, while the other was listed as a 38-caliber lead bullet.

New Evidence in John Lennon's Murder: Singer Was Shot With Two Different Type of Bullets

According to TV producer David Whelan, two different types of bullets were removed from Lennon's body during the autopsy.

radaronline.com

 

[AliceInPain]

Looks like the guy is neither a professional author nor TV producer.
And wouldn't it be a criminal offence to withhold evidence in a murder case for years (if he actually had found something)

 

[imstilla.grandma]

A new three-part Apple TV+ documentary, "John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial" (out now), is sure to elicit a range of emotions from true bafflement from younger fans accustomed to today's inaccessible body-guarded stars to genuine post-traumatic stress disorder for Boomers who still can't believe Mark David Chapman simply walked up to the music icon in front of his New York apartment and ended his life on Dec. 8, 1980.

"To this day, it's hard to imagine John, one of the biggest stars in the world at that time, just wandering in and out of his building and meeting people for coffee, just as you couldn't imagine the Taylor Swift's of the world doing that today," says the doc's British director, Nick Holt. "He enjoyed New York precisely because he could move around as a free man. But ultimately, that worked against him."

Chapman, now 68, had a peripatetic life that included a Georgia childhood marked by abuse, drug experimentation and an obsession with religion and music, including that of the Beatles. His early adulthood found him doing a series of odd jobs that led to a trip around the world and, eventually, marriage in 1979 to a Japanese woman, Gloria Abe, and a hospital security job in Hawaii. He had once tried to commit suicide.

Chapman has been in jail since pleading guilty to murder, and his innumerable parole requests have been turned down thanks, in part, to letters from Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. "Lennon" producers were in touch with Abe but declined to include new interviews with her or Chapman in the film.

John Lennon's murder comes back to painful view with eyewitness accounts in Apple TV+ doc

From doormen to police officers to ER nurses, those who witnessed the death of the famous Beatle share their stories in "Murder Without a Trial".

www.usatoday.com

 

[arielilane]

@CoffindafferFBI

Today in 1980, former BEATLE and a prolific song writer was murdered by someone just to achieve notoriety. His killer is eligible for parole next year. Rest in Peace #JohnLennon

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[elframo]

If Chapman ever were to be released , how long would he last?