Which famous person did Mark Chapman kill in December 1980?
Mark David Chapman to New York shortly prior to the murder. Claims include Chapman was a "Manchurian candidate", including speculation on links to the CIA's Project MKULTRA. At least one author has argued forensic evidence proves Chapman did not commit the murder. Mark David Chapman Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955) is an American convict who shot and killed John Lennon at the entrance to the Dakota apartment building in New York City on December 8, 1980. Chapman fired five times at Lennon, hitting him four times in the back and immediately sat down on a nearby curb reading J. D. Salinger's
Mark David Chapman services. Chapman said the message "Thou Shalt Not Kill" flashed on the television at him and was on a wall hanging his wife put up in their apartment. He made an appointment to see a clinical psychologist, but he did not keep the appointment and flew back to New York on December 6, 1980. At one point, he considered ending his life by jumping from the Statue of Liberty. The next day, Chapman accosted singer-songwriter James Taylor at the 72nd Street subway station. According to Taylor, "The guy had sort of pinned me to the wall and was glistening with