John Lennon died on this day in a hail of gunfire

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7. I, like many, found out about John Lennon's death

while watching Monday Night Football (I was young, I don't watch much football anymore).

A few days later I was surprised to see a photo in my local newspaper of Mark David Chapman, an unknown girl, and another young man. The third guy was from my hometown and I knew him from the YMCA. Interestingly, three years later, I met and had my photograph taken with Howard Cosell (ok he was old but he had a weak handshake, maybe because eveyone was always trying to shake his hand).