More popular than Jesus
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"More popular than Jesus" is a phrase taken from a 1966 interview in which John Lennon of the Beatles claimed that the public's infatuation with the band surpassed that of Jesus Christ, and that Chris
WAYX's "Beatle burning" in Waycross, Georgia, held in response to the "Jesus" remark, 8 August 1966
John Lennon speaking to reporters in September 1964
The September 1966 "Shout-Out" issue of Datebook magazine that sparked the controversy
The Beatles with disc jockey Jim Stagg of the Chicago station WCFL in August 1966
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
More popular than Jesus
…impacted the band, contributing significantly to their decision to cease touring entirely. In 1980, Lennon was murdered by a religious Beatles fan, Mark David Chapman, who sometimes stated that Lennon's comment was a motivating factor in the killing. In March 1966, London's Evening Standard ran a weekly series titled…
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