NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mass gather around the “Imagine” mosaic in Central Park on John Lennon’s death 30 years on Wednesday, sharing music and remember when they first hear the former Beatle was shot.
40 when he killed Lennon outside his apartment in New York on the date of December 8, 1980. His killer, Mark David Chapman, is serving a prison sentence of 20 years to life.
“It came from the radio and my Mum just stopped what he was doing and cried,” January said Huntley, a native of Liverpool for their honeymoon in New York. He says he was 8 years old and getting ready for school when they heard the news.
Around the “Imagine” mosaic at Strawberry Fields, a memorial to Lennon in Central Park, fans huddled in the cold, playing guitar and singing Beatles songs. ”
“I liked what he stood. All he wants in life is security,” said Harvard Ranada, a tourist from Louisiana. “All he wanted was to love her, love her children but she lost it .. People still remember 30 years later. It was fun.”
Even those not born when Lennon died said they felt compelled to visit Strawberry Fields, across the street from the apartment building Lennon, to express their grief.
“I’ve been a fan of the Beatles all my life. I was raised on them,” said Russell Schwartz 17 years of Farmingdale, New York. “Honestly, on the 30th anniversary, I could not miss the opportunity to honor the legend.”
Lennon is still very much alive in the hearts of his fans, including nearly 1.3 million visitors who expressed their support on his Facebook page.
Oddly, one of Lennon’s last comment is that he never wanted to “die a hero,” according to a newly published interview in Rolling Stone.
Tape of what might be last interview Lennon, who made just three days before the murder, was discovered recently when a journalist Jonathan Cott was cleaning his apartment. In the interview, Lennon fans who criticize him for injuring a five-year break from music.
“What they want is to die a hero, like James Dean and Sid Vicious,” said Lennon. “I’m not interested in being a hero fucking dead … so forget ‘em, forget’ em.”
In remembrance of her, Yoko Ono used Twitter to share a more domestic, given their debate on the proper way to make tea.
” Yoko, Yoko, you should first tea bag, and then hot water, ‘”recalls Ono in the account.
He was behind the instructions, and “we both laughed. That was in 1980 not a single one of us knew that it was to be the final year of our lives together.,” Write Ono.
Their son, Sean, now a musician, also used Twitter to thank those who remember his father.
“Thanks for all the kind words Let’s all just pray for peace on earth .. It was that he cared the most. Love, S.”
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