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.

Who killed John Lennon? Mark David Chapman shot and killed Lennon on Dec. 8, 1980, as he and his wife Yoko Ono were returning to their New York City apartment. Chapman, 25 at the time, was a ...

Shortly before 11 p.m. – just a few hours after getting Lennon to autograph a “Double Fantasy” album – Chapman shot John Lennon three times with a .38 caliber pistol, killing him at age 40.

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, who rose to unimaginable fame first as one of the Beatles, then as a solo songwriter and activist, was shot and killed outside of his home in New York City on Dec. 8, 1980.

John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono. Lennon was murdered on Dec. 8, 1980, when he was returning to the couple’s apartment at the Dakota on Central Park West.

Today marks 40 years since John Lennon was shot dead on his doorstep in New York City. The Beatles icon was murdered by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980, in a death that shocked the world ...

John Lennon, who rose to unimaginable fame first as one of the Beatles, then as a solo songwriter and activist, was shot and killed outside of his home in New York City on Dec. 8, 1980.

Elizabeth Partridge, author, "John Lennon: All I Want Is The Truth": There’s no way of knowing what he would have done if he hadn’t been shot, but it would have been interesting. And it would ...

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