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b'Episode 248: In New York City on the 8th of December, 1980, the world was rocked by the murder of influential rock and roll icon, artist, sometimes controversial activist and dad John Lennon. After an evening recording session at the Record Plant, John Lennon and his wife, artist Yoko Ono returned to their Central Park West apartment building, The Dakota. As John and Yoko approached the entrance to the building, they passed a man for whom, only hours earlier, Lennon had signed an autograph. The man, Mark David Chapman, 25, watched the couple walk by and then pulled a .38 special from his coat and unloaded on John Lennon, shooting him in the back four times. The deadly hollow point bullets tore through the former Beatle, mortally wounding him. He was pronounced dead at Roosevelt Hospital later. When police arrived, they found Chapman patiently reading his book, Catcher in the Rye.\\xa0\\nSources:\\nJOHN LENNON. GIMME SOME TRUTH.\\nThe Beatles\\nThis Is: The Beatles | Spotify Playlist\\nThis is: John Lennon | Spotify Playlist\\nJohn Lennon\\u2019s \\u201cbigger than Jesus\\u201d quote | Slate\\n23 December 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau | The Beatles Bible\\nThe Catcher in the Rye | Summary, Analysis, Reception, & Facts | Britannica\\nTwo Marks \\u2014 Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon \\u2014 Crime Library\\nBBC NEWS | Entertainment | John Lennon killer \\u2018wanted fame\\u2019\\nBBC ON THIS DAY | 8 | 1980: John Lennon shot dead\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'