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Remembering John Lennon on the 40th anniversary of his death.
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
#JohnLennon @JohnLennon

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Dave Sholin interviewed John Lennon & Yoko Ono about 12 hours before Lennon was assassinated.
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Three days before he died, Lennon did a 9-hr @RollingStone interview
John Lennon: The Last Interview rollingstone.com/music/music-ne… #JohnLennon

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Sportscaster Howard Cosell broke the news during Monday Night Football about John Lennon's murder. #JohnLennon

John Lennon
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Published in @NYDailyNews December 9, 1980, here's the now famous column Jimmy Breslin wrote on deadline after he got the call at home that Lennon had been shot
nydailynews.com/news/national/… #JohnLennon

John Lennon
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
“One of my best friends was shot not far from where we are right now," Paul McCartney @PaulMcCartney about John Lennon (March for Our Lives in NY, March 2018) nydailynews.com/entertainment/… #JohnLennon

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Tom Snyder interviews John Lennon
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Madison Square Garden Concert (1972)
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ Don't Let Me Down [Live]
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980

https://twitter.com/thebeatles/status/1336326619783340042

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980

https://twitter.com/PaulMcCartney/status/1336295381139939328

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980

https://twitter.com/GeorgeHarrison/status/1336222907115032582

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980

https://twitter.com/ringostarrmusic/status/1336123888221052929

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980

https://twitter.com/seanonolennon/status/1336268097477619713

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980

https://twitter.com/JulianLennon/status/1336244261688373249

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980

https://twitter.com/yokoono/status/1336308015465689088

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980

https://twitter.com/cavernliverpool/status/1336283711994736640

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980

https://twitter.com/BeatlesPeteBest/status/1336310143013834753

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980

https://twitter.com/NYCParks/status/1336322386744934407

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980

https://twitter.com/AbbeyRoad/status/1336249242973769728

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
#JohnLennon

https://twitter.com/IPTower/status/1336066970526081030

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
#JohnLennon

https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/1336275247796981772

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
I Want To Hold Your Hand ~ The Beatles
The Ed Sullivan Show (February 9, 1964)
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles
Live At The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK (August 22, 1962)
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ Twist & Shout
The Ed Sullivan Show (February 23, 1964)
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ I Saw Her Standing There
The Ed Sullivan Show (February 9, 1963)
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Sean Lennon interviews Paul McCartney
October 4, 2020
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Cynthia Lennon interviews Julian Lennon about his father.
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ Strawberry Fields Forever #JohnLennon

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ Come Together
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ Do You Want To Know A Secret
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ Julia
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Give Peace A Chance ~ @JohnLennon & Yoko Ono
The Bed-In Interviews
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Working Class Hero ~ @JohnLennon
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Beautiful Boy ~ @JohnLennon
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Instant Karma (We All Shine On) ~ @JohnLennon
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Woman ~ @JohnLennon
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
(Just Like) Starting Over ~ @JohnLennon
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ Help!
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ A Hard Day's Night
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ Penny Lane
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980

https://twitter.com/charlesjaco1/status/1336402100826337280

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Six years later, during a Monday Night Football broadcast, Howard Cosell broke the news of Lennon's death.
I was watching.

https://twitter.com/BSmile/status/939133163472850944

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ A Day In The Life #JohnLennon

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ Can't Buy Me Love
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980

https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1336304288310681606

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Long Island radio station WLIR reporter Steve North is the first to break the news of John Lennon's death: soundcloud.com/thedailybeast/…

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980

https://twitter.com/9and10News/status/1336419101812662272

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Imagine ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (September 4, 1972) #JohnLennon

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Watching The Wheels
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
John Lennon ~ The Final Interview BBC Radio 1
December 6, 1980
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980

https://twitter.com/FXMC1957/status/1336236544840101889

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
John Lennon & Paul McCartney Interview (1968) #JohnLennon

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
John Lennon
Rolling Stone Full Interview (1970) (3:31:49)
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles Induction Into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1988)
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Paul McCartney inducts John Lennon into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1994) #JohnLennon

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Yoko Ono accepts John Lennon's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Award (1994)
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Imagine ~ @JohnLennon
#JohnLennon

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Mind Games
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ Eight Days A Week
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Nowhere Man
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) #JohnLennon

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ Hello, Goodbye
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ All You Need Is Love

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
John Lennon Interview In Australia During The Beatles Tour (1964)
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles Los Angeles Press Conference (1966)

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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
The Mike Douglas Show ~ February 18, 1972
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
Chuck Berry & John Lennon
Memphis, Tennessee & Johnny B. Goode
The Mike Douglas Show (1972)
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October 9, 1940 ~ December 8, 1980
The Beatles ~ The End
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