John Lennon was shot and killed in front of the Dakota Apartments in New York City on Dec. 8, 1980. Here’s everything to know about his death, his killer and his lasting impact on the world.

John Lennon said that he was "not about to get myself shot" in a phone call with drummer Jim Keltner eight years before he was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman.

John Lennon was given an eerie prediction about his death before he was fatally shot in New York City. The Beatles icon and his wife, Yoko Ono, received the warning from “one of the best palm ...

Julian, whose parents are John Lennon and his first wife Cynthia, acknowledged the 1968 hit's heartfelt message, but admitted ...

“I asked myself, ‘Am I selling John out?’” Douglas is talking about his 2010 stripped-down remix of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1980 album, Double Fantasy.

Sean Ono Lennon and Julian Lennon were pictured at the Dakota, the New York City apartment building where John Lennon was fatally shot in front of in December 1980.

John Lennon knew that strong political activism in the 1970s was a risky business — and eight years before his tragic murder, he spoke with a friend about the risks of gun violence.

John Lennon was gunned down outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota, on Dec. 8, 1980, at age 40. Elliot Mintz wrote a memoir about their friendship.

In 1980, Mark David Chapman shot John Lennon to death outside his apartment building in New York. Lennon’s murder shocked and horrified his fans, and mourners poured out to The Dakota to pay ...

John Lennon and Yoko Ono were allegedly "obsessed" with their weight and staying skinny, their close friend Elliot Mintz claimed in his new memoir.

A Painter Witnessed John Lennon’s Death. He Channeled the Tragic Moment into a Chilling Piece of Art Artist Robert Morgan was in his apartment when he heard the shots that killed the music icon ...

Many Americans learned that John Lennon had been gunned down when sportscaster Howard Cosell broke the news during a Monday Night Football broadcast on Dec. 8, 1980. But painter Robert Morgan knew ...