John Lennon
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John Winston Ono Lennon was an English musician, songwriter and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's songwriting partnership w
Lennon in 1974
Lennon's home at 251 Menlove Avenue
Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Lennon and Paul McCartney in 1963
Lennon in 1964
Mark David Chapman
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Mark David Chapman is an American man who murdered musician John Lennon in New York City on December 8, 1980. As Lennon walked into the archway of the Dakota, his apartment building on the Upper West
John Lennon
…which he continued to write and record intermittently, Lennon returned in 1980 with the Ono collaboration Double Fantasy. He was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman three weeks after the album's release. As a performer, writer or co-writer, Lennon had 25 number-one singles in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. As a solo…
Chapman's 1980 mugshot
The Dakota, Lennon's residence and the location of the shooting
Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, where Chapman was imprisoned from 1981 to 2012
John wa portrait