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John Lennon Quotes

December 8, 2010 by · Comments Off on John Lennon Quotes 

John Lennon Quotes, Today is the anniversary of the death of John Lennon, and you can remember watching the John Lennon Strawberry Fields. John Lennon quotes are now very popular, particularly Imagine, Across the Universe, and of course, Strawberry Fields. Two of the most popular quotes of Strawberry Fields are

“Let me take you down, because I’m going, Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real and nothing to get hung, Strawberry Fields Forever.”

“Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.”

John Lennon’s death was a shock to the world, and many people still remember exactly where they were when they learned that John Lennon was shot outside his apartment in New York.

The former quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys was part of trimuvirate that Monday Night Football in our homes and turned a game of football into a cultural icon.

And it was 30 years ago today that the world learned, while watching a football game, lost another icon.

It was left to partners of color commentary Meredith, Howard Cosell, to tell the world that former Beatle John Lennon was murdered in New York.

Suddenly, a football game does not seem so important.

Lennon was shot as he walked into his Manhattan apartment, the Dakota, just 23 hours before an obsessed fan, Mark David Chapman, who had been stalking Lennon, was arrested at the scene after pumping four shots in the back of John Lennon.

The man who urged the world to “Give Peace a Chance” has disappeared, victim of a madman with a gun.

Two police officers literally took Lennon to the street in Manhattan, put it in their patrol car and rushed him to Roosevelt Hospital.

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