Most of you know I'm a Beatle fan...have been since 1964. Today I heard a John Lennon song and was reminded that yesterday was the anniversary of his death.
John, Paul, George and Ringo had split (as the Beatles) 10 years before. Each had gone on to have solo careers, (John and Paul most successfully), but they were all in the news on occasion.
I still remember waking up to get ready for work on the morning of December 9, 1980, to hear the radio announce that John was murdered the night before. Most people know he was on his way home from working on his most recent album and a fanatic shot and killed him. The same guy who, earlier in the day, had gained an autograph from John, as he stalked him in preparation for the murder.
That morning, on hearing of his death, is one of those 'where were you when you heard' moments for me.
John was the more radical Beatle, but as the years would prove, he was the most sincere about his ideas for world peace.
A wonderful goal to have...a, thus far, impossible one to achieve.
Dan
Thanksgiving Letter to the Family
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