1 Among the many methods for closing wounds of the skin, stitching, or suturing, is the most common form of repairing a wound. Other methods include surgical staples, skin closure tapes, and adhesives.  Removing stitches or other skin-closure devices is a procedure that many people dread.
Imagine No John Lennon. On 8 December 1980, John Lennon was shot five times by 25-year-old Mark David Chapman outside The Dakota, the apartment building in New York City where John and Yoko Ono lived. Chapman had been stalking Lennon for days outside the building and asked for an autograph as Lennon walked through the courtyard.
After the 1975 birth of his son Sean, John Lennon retreated from public eye to concentrate on his family. John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1980  Double-Fantasy album was planned to be his comeback in the music scene. Lennon was murdered just weeks after Double-Fantasy was released.