On the morning of December 8, 1980 John Lennon was happy in New York, and
looking forward to the future, having just turned 40 he had finally recovered from
the years as a Beatle the he so hated. But by the end of that day John would be dead
and the world would be in mourning. So exactly what happened on that fateful day?
Here are the final 24 hours of the ex-Beatle’s life before he was so senselessly
murdered by Mark David Chapman.