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John Lennon
event · Dec 1980

John Lennon

John Lennon

On December 8th John Lennon is shot to death outside his Manhattan apartment by a deranged fan. Earlier that day Lennon had signed an autograph for the gunman. Lennon had just released his first album in five years - Double Fantasy in November.

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