On Dec. 8, 1980, rock star and former Beatle John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City apartment building by ...

John Lennon, who rose to unimaginable fame first as one of the Beatles, then as a solo songwriter and activist, was shot and ...

Longtime Beatles fan Mark David Chapman, an out-of-work security guard living in Hawaii, pleaded guilty to shooting Lennon in ...

The Beatles icon was killed outside his home after a recording session, with producer Jack Douglas saying he could have ...

He took to his Facebook account to share his memories of that awful night and explain how it eventually led to the formation ...

Where is Mark David Chapman now? In December 1980 he fatally shot John Lennon outside of his home in New York City. Here is ...

Music photographer Allan Tannenbaum spoke with PEOPLE about his role in ACC Art Books' Elton John: Icon, and also shared his ...

John Lennon was shot and killed on December 8, 1980, by Mark David Chapman outside his home at the Dakota in New York City.

At 11:15 p.m., Lennon was pronounced dead. Chief medical examiner Dr. Elliott M. Gross said after the autopsy that Lennon ...

It was an indelible TV moment, much like Walter Cronkite’s trembly announcement in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy had ...

The man who shot and killed Lennon, Mark David Chapman, now 70, is serving a sentence of 20 years to life in a ...

Legendary Beatles member John Lennon was killed on Dec. 8, 1980, at age 40. Here are 15 photos reflecting the singer's most ...