Monday, Dec. 8, marks the 45th anniversary of John Lennon’s murder. He died in New York City at the age of 40 when he was gunned down outside his apartment building. The man convicted of killing ...

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. On that crisp ...

December 8th remains a tragic day in the annals of popular music. On that date in 1980, John Lennon was shot to death in the archway of his New York City apartment by a gun-wielding Beatles fan ...

In 1980, two months before his assassination outside the Dakota Apartments in New York, John Lennon was gifted a Patek Philippe watch by his wife Yoko Ono for his 40th birthday. Ono purchased the ...

John Lennon was fatally shot 45 years ago, but his legacy continues to live on. The former Beatles musician was shot and killed outside of his New York City apartment, the Dakota, on Dec. 8, 1980. He ...

In 1980, former Beatle John Lennon came out of self-imposed retirement, backed off his duties as a self-described “househusband” and, with his wife, Yoko Ono, recorded their first album in nearly six ...

On the night of December 8, 1980, John Lennon returned home to the Dakota building in Manhattan after a recording session with Yoko Ono. As the couple approached their entrance, a man who had been ...

NEW YORK -- Music fans in New York City and around the world are marking what would have been John Lennon's 80th birthday. Lennon was born October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England. He grew up to be one ...