From the archives: John Lennon shot and killed, as reported by Walter Cronkite and CBS News

Tried to commit suicide twice but still ok to buy a gun...

I hated America for this, too many psychopaths, too many guns, too many needless tragedies. 🙏

interesting fact; mark David chapman and George h w bush are 10th cousins.

44 years and the wound has still not healed.

Yoko Ono was just as much to blame for Lennon's death as Chapman was.

God bless Mark David Chapman.

😢

We miss John Lennon to this day💕

First John
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son whosoever believe in him should not perish

❤❤. The Bible says
Be not deceived for God is not mock for what so ever a man sowth that shall he also shall reep

Wow, he's been gone longer than he was alive.

Still a stunner—he had so much more to do and so much more life to live.

This happened on my birthday. I will not forget it.

Gone way to soon. Such talent. It still hurts. Snuffed out in a second.😢

John Chapman was very religious Christian. He hated John's Jesus comment. He thought John was a phony..

You could tell that Cronkite was NOT happy that this was the lead story. "A man who played the guitar....."

Howard Cossel announced to the World on ABCs Monday night Football Lennons Death

I remember distinctly this terrible day in NY-
Sadly, it didn’t have to happen if only Lennon had not say things as he did.
Terrible! Sad!

And the killings in America continue.

Yes it’s true 43 years later, it still hurts and it’s sad to think back when John’s life was cut short? 😢Rest In Peace John.

Andrea???

This Boy

Strange how the perpetrator gets as much or more attention on this broadcast as the victim, linking his name forever
to the victim, therefore getting exactly what he wanted.

A number of years ago, I went to an exhibit of Beatles artifacts and saw "the" album. It was like an out of body experience.

43 years after John died , my folks and my school teacher and sitters remember the news . Still sad to this day . I hope Disney does a movie about him .

Give peace a chance

The car usually would drive straight in the archway where a door to the elevator was a foot away which would take them to their apt. Apparently on this evening the limo parked on the street and Lennon never saw it coming although chapman yelled “mr Lennon” and john started to turn as the shooting began. Horrible and to think that loser is still alive being housed and fed by the taxpayers of ny

Oh for a time machine to erase this from ever having happened.

MDC thought killing someone famous will result in contagious fame.

2nd degree? That was definitely premeditated. Should've been 1st degree.

I'm still wondering WHY?

He contributed $1000.

Ok.

Government conspiracy

My mate's Mum went to job interview once in the building where he once lived. When he was shot she didn't leave her bedroom for a whole week... 😭😭😭😭💔💔💔

It still hurts.

Yoko should have given John a funeral but that was her decision. It's sad that she cancelled John's security guards. What a bad decision. They would have picked up on Chapman hanging around for three days. I guess John felt like he could trust everyone in New York because they didn't chase him like they did in Britain. So sad !

WHY?

He's just a murderer that's all!

Still sad news after so many years.

John Lennon was a peaceful person - something that's frowned upon these days in America.

Big cities, they always swallow their stars, their heroes...

Mark David Chapman Day is celebrated in many places and smoking a marihuana will get you arrested- legal or not.

The killers "Yoko" lived in Hawaii.

No funeral 😢