[KevinB]

If John Lennon had been killed at a concert in a bar one of the dozens of times he was a drunken/coked out a$$hole, would his “untimely death” have been any more justified?

That's an odd analogy. John was a drunken asshole a couple of times in LA, but being a drunken asshole in a foreign culture where nobody knows you is quite a bit different. I'm not saying the murder of this guy was justified, only that the analogy doesn't fit.

[a fool in paradise]

John showed that personality trait throughout his life (Germany, London, and LA). Hardly a weekend bender while he was out on the town with bad boys during his split from Yoko and his band.

Instant Karma might’ve caught up with John if a deranged fan hadn’t.

The “wise” “man of peace” BS ascribed to John Lennon is mythology.