Where Were You When John Lennon Was Shot?

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snookeroo
snookeroo Posts: 1,992 Member
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It was 30 years ago today.
Where were you when John Lennon was killed? What were you doing?
What are your memories of when you found out he had been murdered?
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  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
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    No idea! I did not even know it was today until I saw your post. I was 14 at the time so it made no impact on me at all.
  • JoyousRen
    JoyousRen Posts: 3,823 Member
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    I wasn't even a thought in my parents' heads.
  • exacerbe
    exacerbe Posts: 447 Member
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    I was 4 months old... probably in a crib.
  • sdwelk11
    sdwelk11 Posts: 825
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    i WAS 6 YEARS OLD... So probably in school. I dont even think that I knew who John Lennon was.
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
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    I was 26. Going through a divorce. It was a very dark time in my life and I was hardly coherent enough at the time to pay atttention to the headlines. It's just been in the past 10 years that I have recognized John Lennon's genius as a song writer.
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
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    I wasn't even a thought in my parents' heads.

    You are the same age now as I was when Lennon was killed.
  • CaptainJim157
    CaptainJim157 Posts: 390
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    I was 10 years early of being born, so I had no idea what happend :P
  • brookeybaby_00
    brookeybaby_00 Posts: 142 Member
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    My parents were still in high school.
  • JoyousRen
    JoyousRen Posts: 3,823 Member
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    I wasn't even a thought in my parents' heads.

    You are the same age now as I was when Lennon was killed.
    The sad thing is, he came up when I was talking to my mom this weekend, she didn't know he was dead. I had to tell her.
  • bluiz13
    bluiz13 Posts: 3,550 Member
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    i was only 8 so i'm gonna guess 3rd grade...
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,311 Member
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    I was 5 but do not even remember hearing about it. However I remember lots about Ronald Reagan and the presidential campaign that year.
  • 2bFitNTrim
    2bFitNTrim Posts: 1,209 Member
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    I was a sophomore in college. I was shocked like most folks. This was around the time that John Hinckley attempted to assassinate t President Reagan. It was all shocking, but yet, I was pretty self-aborbed and didn't lose sleep over it.
  • JForbrizzio
    JForbrizzio Posts: 27
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    I was only 16 months old. The challenger explosion was my generations giant tragedy.
  • edorice
    edorice Posts: 4,519 Member
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    I was 10 yrs old. I remember it, because already liked the Beatles music. I don't exactly know where I was; most likely at school.
    I remember 9/11 vividly though.
  • TulsaTim
    TulsaTim Posts: 87
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    I was 13yrs old at the time and John Lennon and the Beatles were very high on my list of musical inspiration. I played drums from an early age and loved all sorts of music but the Beatles have got to be in the top ten of my musical background.

    I was listening to the radio while I was supposed to be sleeping and they came on the radio and told us. I remember being devastated and even got up and told my dad about it, even though I knew I would be scolded for still being up so late. When I told my dad, I believe he was equally hurt and turned on the news to find out what was going on. I don't remember how long they reported the news but it felt like we were there another hour or two. I am sure it was only a few minutes since back in those days we really didn't have news broadcasts that ran 24hours.

    I was and still am saddened that such a talent and person was taken from us prematurely.
  • deckerp
    deckerp Posts: 4,365 Member
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    JFK - I was 4 months old.

    Lennon - I wasn't a huge Beatles fan at the time so I don't recall details of the day. Our high school teachers talked about it a lot. One teacher in particular was a fan. We had talked about the "Double Fantasy" album. I wasn't impressed because I wasn't a fan. I liked Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" album and the teacher wasn't impressed.

    Reagan - I was in Washington, D.C. that day on my senior class trip. It was very interesting after that. We didn't get to tour the White House because of the shooting.

    Challenger - I was getting a haircut. The whole barber shop was watching the launch. We were stunned. No one thought there would ever be an accident like that.

    9/11 - I was on the way to work and heard the first sketchy reports. Then when I arrived the power was out and we listened on battery powered radios as more details came in.
  • jodie_t
    jodie_t Posts: 287 Member
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    I had a toddler and a baby, just passed my driving test, had just moved house & was peeling soggy wallpaper off the wall in the new place & trying to stop my toddler from eating it. It came as a flash across the airwaves. I felt sick.. it really hurt. It was like losing a brother, he was such trailblazer for kids our age. :brokenheart:
  • DancingYogini
    DancingYogini Posts: 377
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    I was 12 years old and in the car driving to the store with my mother. The radio announced he had been shot, and then a little while later it said he had died :cry: I still tear up...I loved him...got my first Beatles' album when I was 6!

    Oh and BTW, Dec 8th is also the birthday of Jim Morrison!! Weird, huh? (I am a geek and remember things like that).
  • xquiz8
    xquiz8 Posts: 97 Member
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    I was 4, and while I didn't know who he was then, I remember getting ready for school the next morning and my mother running out of the kitchen to tell us what she'd just heard on the news.

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