This Day in History: <br />John Lennon Is Shot December 8, 1980 The 40-year-old former <br />member of the Beatles <br />was shot and killed by <br />obsessed fan Mark David Chapman. The outspoken rock icon was entering his Manhattan apartment when Chapman shot him four times at <br />close range with a .38-caliber revolver. Lennon was rushed to <br />the hospital but died en route. He had given Chapman <br />an autograph earlier <br />in the day. Chapman voluntarily remained <br />at the scene of the shooting <br />until he was arrested by police. Demonstrations of mourning <br />were held all over the world. Deemed a borderline psychotic,<br />Chapman pleaded guilty to murder <br />and remains in Attica prison. Lennon is memorialized in <br />a section of Central Park <br />known as "Strawberry Fields."
