Dec. 12, 1980 - John Lennon Shot Dead: Former Beatles John Lennon was shot dead at his apartment in New York City Last Night. Photo Shows John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono with her daughter by her previous marriage Yoko Pictured at London Airport in May 1969 leaving for his ~ to stage a seven day Bed-in- for-peas . This was their second Bed-in their first was held a month previously in Amsterdam. Lennon chose the Be hams as the nearest British settlement to the U.s. -he had been refused a U.s. visa because of a drug conviction. - ZUMAk09

Dec. 12, 1980 - John Lennon Shot Dead: Former Beatles John Lennon was shot dead at his apartment in New York City Last Night. Photo Shows John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono with her daughter by her previous marriage Yoko Pictured at London Airport in May 1969 leaving for his ~ to stage a seven day Bed-in- for-peas . This was their second Bed-in their first was held a month previously in Amsterdam. Lennon chose the Be hams as the nearest British settlement to the U.s. -he had been refused a U.s. visa because of a drug conviction. - ZUMAk09

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Dec. 12, 1980 - John Lennon Shot Dead: Former Beatles John Lennon was shot dead at his apartment in New York City Last Night. Photo Shows John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono with her daughter by her previous marriage Yoko Pictured at London Airport in May 1969 leaving for his ~ to stage a seven day Bed-in- for-peas . This was their second Bed-in their first was held a month previously in Amsterdam. Lennon chose the Be hams as the nearest British settlement to the U.s. -he had been refused a U.s. visa because of a drug conviction. - ZUMAk09

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