Was there ever a real explanation for that? What made him think Lennon was a phony, why would being a phony mean he had to die, and what does any of it have to do with "The Catcher in the Rye?"
2007-02-05 12:14:44 · 7 answers · asked by mwells0629 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
He wanted to impress Jodie Foster, whom he was obsessed with.
He was carring a copy of The Catcher in the Rye.
The Jury found his insane.
2007-02-05 12:22:45 · answer #1 · answered by chieromancer 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mark Chapman had spoken to John Lennon hours before he lie waiting to shoot the world-famous former Beatle. He had asked Lennon for his autograph. Chapman told the police that "he had heard voices in his head telling him to kill the world-famous musician." John Lennon was killed on December 8, 1980 as he entered the Dakota, his luxury apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side, opposite Central Park, at 2300 local time.
2007-02-05 12:42:51 · answer #2 · answered by Untitled 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well its hard to explain you'd have to read the book but another explanation was that Chapman felt like a nobody & so through killing John Lennon he became infamous.
2007-02-05 12:19:11 · answer #3 · answered by Death Girl Am 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh how so sad John Lennon was such beautiful beautiful person all about love an peace for every one GOD BLESS HIM,no reason, I do hate that man that killed him an I don't mean to HATE
2007-02-05 12:31:37 · answer #4 · answered by yessy yes no 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he listened to the little e voices in his head and he believed he was a instrument of the Arch Angel Lucrudis
2007-02-05 12:17:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mentally disturbed.. Mental Illness.
2007-02-05 12:21:20 · answer #6 · answered by xjaz1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was just freakin' twisted.
2007-02-05 12:26:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋