why did john Lennon get assassinated?

Answer 1

Who can say what goes on in the mind of a madman. Some people will do anything for fifteen minutes of fame.
Around 5 p.m. on 8 December 1980, Lennon and Ono left the Dakota to supervise the transfer of some of the Double Fantasy album numbers to singles. David Geffen said that more than 700,000 album copies had already been sold up to that time. As they were leaving the Dakota, they were approached by several people seeking autographs. Among them was a young man later to be identified as Mark David Chapman, and Lennon signed his autograph on the Double Fantasy album cover for him. A picture was taken by another fan while Lennon was signing Chapman's album, capturing soon-to-be killer and victim on film only a few hours before Lennon's murder.

The Lennons spent several hours at the studio on West 44th Street before returning to the Dakota at about 10:50 p.m. John was concerned about seeing five-year-old Sean before Sean went to sleep, so they returned to the Dakota instead of going out to eat. They exited their limousine on 72nd Street, even though the car could have been driven into the courtyard. Jose Perdomo (who was the doorman at the entrance), an elevator operator, and a cab driver all saw Chapman standing in the shadows by the archway. The Lennons walked past, and Ono opened the inner door — leaving Lennon alone inside the entrance. Chapman called out, "Mr. Lennon!" As Lennon paused to turn around, Chapman dropped into a "combat stance" and shot at Lennon five times with hollow point bullets from a .38 revolver. One shot missed, passing over Lennon's head and hitting a window of the Dakota building. Two shots struck Lennon in the left side of his back and two more in his left shoulder. All four wounds caused serious internal damage, and at least one of them fatally pierced Lennon's aorta.

Lennon staggered up six steps to the room at the end of the entrance used by the concierge, said, "I'm shot," and collapsed. Doorman Jay Hastings ran out from his inside office to assist Lennon and immediately dialled 911 as Chapman calmly sat down on the sidewalk and waited. The doorman walked to Chapman and reportedly said, "Do you know what you've done?" To which Chapman calmly replied, "I just shot John Lennon."


Entrance to the Dakota building where Lennon was shot.The first policemen to arrive were Steve Spiro and Peter Cullen, who were at 72nd Street and Broadway when they heard a report of shots fired at the Dakota. The officers found Chapman sitting "very calmly" on the sidewalk. They reported that Chapman had dropped the revolver to the ground, and was holding a paperback book (J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye), and a cassette recorder, along with more than ten audio cassettes, with 14 hours of Beatles' songs on them.

The second team — Officers Bill Gamble and James Moran, who arrived a few minutes later — upon arrival immediately carried Lennon into their squad car and rushed him to Roosevelt Hospital. Officer Moran said they stretched out Lennon (who was "moaning") on the back seat. Moran asked, "Do you know who you are?" Lennon nodded slightly and tried to speak, but could only manage to make a gurgling sound. According to Yoko Ono, he uttered no final words. Lennon lost consciousness shortly thereafter.

Lennon was pronounced D.O.A. in the Emergency Room at the Roosevelt Hospital at 11:15 p.m. by Dr. Stephen Lynn. The cause of death was reported as hypovolemic shock, after losing more than 80% of blood volume. Dr. Elliott M. Gross (the Chief Medical Examiner) said that no one could have lived more than a few minutes with such multiple bullet injuries. Ono, crying "Oh no, no, no, no...tell me it's not true," was taken to Roosevelt Hospital and led away in shock after she learned that her husband was dead. Geffen later issued a statement: "John loved and prayed for the human race. Please do the same for him."

Answer 2

From how I understand it a man named Mark Chapman who was obsessed with the book "The Catcher in the Rye" saying he was the Holden Caulfield of the time. Holden was a sarcastic young man in the book "The Catcher in the Rye". Chapman says that the reasons for killing John Lennon can be found within the book. He was obviously a little looney and took an extremely talented and good man from all of us.

Answer 3

The man who assassinated him was a slightly deranged fan who became obsessed with Catcher in the Rye and decided to kill John. The bastard.

Answer 4

Mark David Chapman was crazy. He felt Lennon was a hypocrite. Chapman believed by killing Lennon would give meaning to his own life.

Answer 5

He wasn't assassinated, he exchange into murdered by a mentally ill guy referred to as Mark Chapman. Edit: stable grief Oscar Himpflewitz and that i assume you suspect that the 'genuine' Paul McCartney died in 1966 too?

Answer 6

He was murdered by some crazed nut of a fan outside of the building he lived in, in NYC.

Answer 7

The person who sht him was mentally unbalanced, and personally obsessed with Lennon.

Answer 8

At least in part because it's far too easy in the US for any crazy nerd to get a gun.

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Answer 9

He was killed by a psycho, who listened to voices. As far as the reason why, that is stuck in the head of the killer.

Answer 10

bcuz some crazy kid thought the "catcher in the rye" was godsmessage.