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