John Lennon killed on this day('Dead On This Day, Still Dead' list)

Ananova ^ | 12/8/03 | History

[Diddle E. Squat]

Murdered at 10:55pm eastern on 12/8/80. At 11:15pm Howard Cosell interrupted the Monday Night Football game between Miami and New England, as it was going into overtime, to announce:

"One of the great figures of the entire world, one of the great artists, was shot to death horribly at the Dakota Apartments, 72nd Street and Central Park West in New York City. John Lennon is dead. He was the most important member of the Beatles, and the Beatles, lead by John Lennon, created music that touched the whole of civilization. Not just people in Liverpool, where the group was born, but the people of the world."

Not that I agreed with his politics, but anyone watching that night will remember that weird moment.

[eddie willers]

[CyberCowboy777]

LOL!

[Revolting cat!]

OK, enough about the dead guy and his partner, the Beethoven of the 21st Century (and the 20th to boot!) who wrote that musical masterpiece Maybe I'm Amazed? Can we now talk about the groovy times we all had at Woodstock?

[Ron in Acreage]

Bought 2 limited edition prints of Lennon drawings about 12 years ago for $75 and $125 each. Their now worth $6500 and $8500. The $3000 original my wife refused to let me buy is now worth about $22k. I rub her nose in it every chance I get. The prints are "Two as one" and "It's only Rock and Roll", a picture of Benny and the Jets.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Interesting, thanks for sharing. I always enjoy little pictures of the past, even if they seemed mundane at the time.

[Oztrich Boy]

If she hadn't been executed, Mary Queen of Scots would be 461 today.

[freedumb2003]

Well, does Michael Gray like girls with short hair?

Also, who in the heck is Michael Gray?

For that matter who are Andy and David?

[Diddle E. Squat]

Your a bit bitter tonight. Did Yoko jump into your limo and sit between you and John?

[CyberCowboy777]

Got To Get You Into My Life is a fav of mine.

[bulldogs]

Can we now talk about the groovy times we all had at Woodstock?


No, we need some more funny pictures.

[thatdewd]

Why is John Kerry standing next to Lennon?

It was taken at a 1971 anti-war rally. Kerry put this photo in a flyer that his sheeple pass out to college kids and green-haired anarchist types that they think are against liberating the Iraqi people and stopping mass murder.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Bought 2 limited edition prints of Lennon drawings about 12 years ago for $75 and $125 each. Their now worth $6500 and $8500. The $3000 original my wife refused to let me buy is now worth about $22k. I rub her nose in it every chance I get.

Won't rubbing her nose in it damage its finish and value?

[Diddle E. Squat]

If she hadn't been executed, Mary Queen of Scots would be 461 today.

[Prime Choice]

If she hadn't been executed, Mary Queen of Scots would be 461 today.

I think she's still alive. Isn't this her?

[Revolting cat!]

Anyway, all the discussion points are moot, since to the international connaisseurs, "objectively speaking, these guys were perhaps the greatest pop music songwriting team ever! (in spite of the few duds they created)."

[Prime Choice]

HAHAHAHAHA! You beat me by just 4 seconds! Hehehehehe! : )

[Diddle E. Squat]

Beat ya by 4 seconds...

[Diddle E. Squat]

Oops, last one was a tie. Best of three, or paper rocks scissors?

[Diddle E. Squat]

Nope, they missed the last train to Clarksville...

[eddie willers]

Got To Get You Into My Life is a fav of mine.

Yep....those horns absolutely slay me.....
and then you move into Ringo's pounding drums opening up "Tomorrow Never Knows".

You know....that Tiger Beat type fluff that Revolting Cat likes.