Murder of John Lennon Murder of John Lennon John Lennon was an English musician who gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, for his subsequent solo career, and for his political activism and pacifism. On the evening of Monday, 8 December 1980, Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in the archway of the Dakota, his residence in New York City. Lennon had just returned from Record Plant Studio with his wife, Yoko Ono. After sustaining four major gunshot wounds, Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at Roosevelt Hospital. Shortly after local news stations reported Lennon's death, crowds gathered at
Remember (John Lennon song) Fawkes explosion. Rogan's interprets the explosion as being Lennon dramatizing an alternate history in which the radical Fawkes succeeds. Authors Ken Bielen and Ben Urish consider the explosion "a stark ending to a surprisingly poignant song. the rupture of childhood trauma echoing in the adult in the form of half-recalled nursery rhymes." The musicians who performed on the original recording were as follows: Remember (John Lennon song) "Remember" is a 1970 song appearing on John Lennon's first official solo album release, "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band". The song was influenced by Lennon's primal therapy sessions with Dr Arthur Janov, and the