"American woman named Gloria Abe, whom he married on June 2, 1979. Chapman went to work at Castle Memorial Hospital as a printer, working alone rather than with staff and patients. He was fired by the hospital, rehired, then got into a shouting match with a nurse and quit. Chapman then took a job as a night security guard and began drinking heavily. He developed a series of obsessions, including artwork, ""The Catcher in the Rye"", music and the musician John Lennon. In September 1980, he wrote a letter to a friend, Lynda Irish, in which he stated, ""I'm going"
"to the shooting than ""Chapter 27"". On December 8, 1980, Mark David Chapman shocked the world by murdering 40-year-old musician and activist, John Lennon, outside The Dakota, his New York apartment building. Chapman's motives were fabricated from pure delusion, fueled by an obsession with the fictional character Holden Caulfield and his similar misadventures in J.D. Salinger's ""The Catcher in the Rye"". In one instant, an anonymous, socially awkward and mentally unstable 25-year-old fan of The Beatles, who had fluctuated between idealizing Lennon and being overcome with a desire to kill him, altered the course of the history of music. A"
"love him. On 8 December 1980, in New York City, Mark David Chapman shot dead pop star Lennon. His motive was that he felt Lennon was a hypocrite for espousing universal brotherhood, whilst at the same time being a multi-millionaire enjoying a lavish lifestyle far beyond the reach of the large majority of people. On 22 August 1922 in County Cork, Ireland, Irish nationalist leader who fought for Irish independence was shot dead by Anti-Treaty IRA gunmen as they believe he betrayed the Irish Republic. On 21 August 1940 in Mexico City, Bolshevik leader Trotsky was killed with a mountaineering"
"I Just Shot John Lennon ""I Just Shot John Lennon"" is a song from The Cranberries' album ""To the Faithful Departed"". It is a narrative of the events of the night of December 8, 1980, the night that musician John Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota in New York City. It is one of many tributes to Lennon, and also one of many other songs to recall the events of the night. After the narrative, there is commentary: ""What a sad, and sorry and sickening sight"". The title of the song comes from the"
"Murder of John Lennon John Lennon was an English musician who gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, for his subsequent solo career, and for his political activism and pacifism. On the evening of Monday, 8 December 1980, Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in the archway of the Dakota, his residence in New York City. Lennon had just returned from Record Plant Studio with his wife, Yoko Ono. After sustaining four major gunshot wounds, Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at Roosevelt Hospital. Shortly after local news stations reported Lennon's death, crowds gathered at"
"words said by Chapman that evening. After being asked, ""Do you know what you've done?"" Chapman calmly replied, ""Yes, I just shot John Lennon"". The Cranberries performed the song live on ""Late Night with David Letterman"" in 1995. Another live-session of the song is available on their single ""Salvation"". I Just Shot John Lennon ""I Just Shot John Lennon"" is a song from The Cranberries' album ""To the Faithful Departed"". It is a narrative of the events of the night of December 8, 1980, the night that musician John Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The"
"services. Chapman said the message ""Thou Shalt Not Kill"" flashed on the television at him and was on a wall hanging his wife put up in their apartment. He made an appointment to see a clinical psychologist, but he did not keep the appointment and flew back to New York on December 6, 1980. At one point, he considered ending his life by jumping from the Statue of Liberty. The next day, Chapman accosted singer-songwriter James Taylor at the 72nd Street subway station. According to Taylor, ""The guy had sort of pinned me to the wall and was glistening with"
"by Edward I. Koch in 1981. In 1980, Edwards was named an acting justice of New York Supreme Court, and several months later, presided over his best-known case, that of Mark David Chapman, who killed John Lennon. The charge was second-degree murder, which carried a maximum sentence of 25 years to life. After several hearings regarding his competency and against the advice of his lawyer, Chapman pleaded guilty on June 22, 1981. In accepting the plea, Judge Edwards informed Chapman that he would hand down a sentence of only 20 years to life because he had entered his guilty plea"
"don't believe in Jesus"", but also sang that he did not believe in the Bible, Buddha, the ""Gita"", and the Beatles. Critics of Lennon's lyrics have also focused on the line ""Imagine there's no heaven"" from his 1971 song ""Imagine"". Lennon was murdered on 8 December 1980 by Mark David Chapman, who had become a born-again Christian in 1970 and was incensed by Lennon's ""more popular than Jesus"" remark, calling it blasphemy. He later stated that he was further enraged by the songs ""God"" and ""Imagine"", even singing the latter with the altered lyric: ""Imagine John Lennon dead"". Notes Citations"
"words: ""Carolyn. I want you to know. I am truly sorry. I don't know why it happened. This is the man. I am willing to give my life."" Thirty-seven-year-old Chapman was executed on November 21, 2008 by lethal injection in the previously unused new chamber at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Kentucky. At 8:15 p.m. Prison Warden Tom Simpson drew back the reddish curtain so media witnesses could see Marco. Marco was lying on his back with both arms tied to a gurney at right angles, perpendicular to his body. There were needles in each of Marco's forearms. Marco"
"1980 murder of NYPD detective Peter Calabro by contract killer Richard Kuklinski. Prosecutors later dropped the charges when Kuklinski, the star witness, died before he could testify. Gravano has been the object of many unproven charges. Federal inmates who served time with Gravano claimed that he privately admitted to a role in the 1980 killing of a New York cop. Inmates also claimed that Gravano bragged about killing many more than 19 people. Lynda Milito claimed in her book ""Mafia Wife"" she had heard Gravano had smothered an elderly woman to death during a botched robbery. Milito also claimed that"
"Melbert Ford Melbert Ray Ford, Jr. (December 9, 1960 – June 9, 2010) was an American convicted double murderer who in 2010 was executed by lethal injection by the U.S. state of Georgia after being convicted of murder in 1987. Ford was born in Georgia, America. He was convicted in 1987 of killing his former girlfriend, Martha Chapman Matich, and Lisa Chapman, her 11-year-old niece, in a March 6, 1986 robbery at Chapman's Grocery store in Georgia. Ford had told a friend that he ""was going to blow her brains out,"" and devised a plan to rob the store, saying"
"the murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman. It takes place in December 1980, and is intended to be an exploration of Chapman's psyche. The script took Schaefer four years to write, but when it was finished, the film came together quickly. With the help of producers Alexandra Milchan and Robert Salerno, Schaefer cast Jared Leto as Mark David Chapman. ""Chapter 27"" premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival where it received polarized reactions from critics. It later went into limited theatrical release in the United States on March 28, 2008. ""Chapter 27"" was cited as one of the"
"Charles Whitman Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was an American mass murderer who became infamous as the ""Texas Tower Sniper."" On August 1, 1966, he used knives in the slayings of his mother and his wife in their respective homes and then went to the University of Texas in Austin with multiple firearms and began shooting people. He fatally shot three people inside the university tower. He then went to the tower's 28th-floor observation deck, where he fired at random people for some 96 minutes, killing an additional 11 people, including an unborn child, and"
"Mitchell Rupe Mitchell Edward Rupe (1955–February 7, 2006) was a convicted murderer who achieved notoriety when his death sentence was overturned after a judge determined that Rupe was too obese to hang. On the morning of September 17, 1981 Rupe fatally shot bank tellers Candace Hemmig and Twila Capron during a robbery of Tumwater State Bank in Olympia, Washington. Capron's husband arrived at the bank shortly after the robbery and called 9-1-1. While police were investigating the scene they were approached by Rupe, who told them that he had been at the bank that morning. Rupe was questioned by police"
"military honors; his casket was draped with the American flag. Charles Whitman Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was an American mass murderer who became infamous as the ""Texas Tower Sniper."" On August 1, 1966, he used knives in the slayings of his mother and his wife in their respective homes and then went to the University of Texas in Austin with multiple firearms and began shooting people. He fatally shot three people inside the university tower. He then went to the tower's 28th-floor observation deck, where he fired at random people for some 96 minutes,"
"Annie Chapman Annie Chapman (born Eliza Ann Smith, c. 1841 – 8 September 1888) was a victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, who killed and mutilated several women in the Whitechapel area of London from late August to early November 1888. Annie Chapman was born Eliza Ann Smith. She was the daughter of George Smith of the 2nd Regiment Life Guards and Ruth Chapman. Her parents married after her birth, on 22 February 1842, in Paddington. Smith was a soldier at the time of his marriage, later becoming a domestic servant. On 1 May 1869, Annie"
"Death of William Chapman The death of William L. Chapman II, an 18-year-old man, occurred on April 22, 2015, in Portsmouth, Virginia, when Chapman was shot and killed in a Wal-Mart parking lot by Portsmouth Police Officer Stephen D. Rankin. Rankin had been responding to a report of suspected shoplifting, and engaged in a physical struggle with Chapman while trying to arrest him. The shooting occurred approximately four years after the death of Kirill Denyakin, who died after being shot by Rankin in 2011. In September 2015, Rankin was indicted on the charge of first-degree murder in Chapman's death, and"
"in similar fashion. John Lennon was shot outside his home in New York City on the night of December 8, 1980. Tim Hardin died of a heroin overdose on December 29, 1980. Bob Marley died from a lentiginous skin melanoma on May 11, 1981. Harry Chapin died of a car accident on July 16, 1981. Marvin Gaye was shot dead by his father at his home in Los Angeles on April 1, 1984, one day before what would have been his 45th birthday. Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist Randy Rhoads died in an airplane crash on March 19, 1982. Karen Carpenter died"
"Marco Allen Chapman Marco Allen Chapman (September 4, 1971 – November 21, 2008) was a convicted murderer who was the most recent person executed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He was executed on November 21, 2008 at 8:34 p.m. EST by lethal injection at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Kentucky. Chapman was executed for a series of murders he committed on August 23, 2002 in Warsaw, Kentucky on Weldon Way, killing two children, Chelbi Sharon, 7, and Cody Sharon, 6, by stabbing after he had raped and stabbed their mother, Carolyn Marksberry, the city clerk of Warsaw at the"
"Charles Horman Charles Edmund Lazar Horman (May 15, 1942 – September 18, 1973) was an American journalist documentary filmmaker killed during the 1973 Chilean coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet that deposed the socialist president Salvador Allende. Horman's death was the subject of the 1982 Costa-Gavras film ""Missing"", in which he was portrayed by actor John Shea. In June 2014, a Chilean court ruled that the US played a ""fundamental"" role in Horman's murder. In January 2015, two former Chilean intelligence officials were sentenced in the murders of Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi. Horman was born in New York"
"falling short of the unanimous verdict required by Washington law for imposition of a death sentence. Rupe died of liver disease in the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington on February 7, 2006. Mitchell Rupe Mitchell Edward Rupe (1955–February 7, 2006) was a convicted murderer who achieved notoriety when his death sentence was overturned after a judge determined that Rupe was too obese to hang. On the morning of September 17, 1981 Rupe fatally shot bank tellers Candace Hemmig and Twila Capron during a robbery of Tumwater State Bank in Olympia, Washington. Capron's husband arrived at the bank shortly"
"Peter Chapman (murderer) Peter Chapman (born January 1977) is an English convicted murderer who has featured heavily in the media in the United Kingdom and has become known as the ""Facebook killer."" He was jailed for a minimum of 35 years in March 2010 and his crime has led to serious criticism of police monitoring of offenders, and of Facebook. Peter Chapman was born in Darlington and was brought up by his grandparents in neighbouring Stockton-on-Tees before moving to Liverpool in 2005 aged 26. Chapman returned to County Durham in 2007 and had been charged with sexual offences before the"
"Hall in 2009. On 3 March 2010, Facebook, as a direct response to the killing, warned under-18 users not to meet people from the internet, and gave advice on how to stay safe online. They also said they were ""deeply saddened"". Peter Chapman (murderer) Peter Chapman (born January 1977) is an English convicted murderer who has featured heavily in the media in the United Kingdom and has become known as the ""Facebook killer."" He was jailed for a minimum of 35 years in March 2010 and his crime has led to serious criticism of police monitoring of offenders, and of"
"That same year she also released ""Walking on Thin Ice"", the song the Lennons had mixed at the Record Plant less than an hour before he was murdered, as a single. Chapman pleaded guilty in 1981 to murdering Lennon. Under the terms of his guilty plea, he was sentenced to 20-years-to-life and later automatically became eligible for parole in 2000. However, Chapman has been denied parole ten times and remains incarcerated at the Wende Correctional Facility. Jay Hastings, the Dakota doorman who tried to help Lennon, sold the shirt he was wearing that night, stained with Lennon's blood, at auction"
"Darryl Richley Darryl V. Richley (April 21, 1951 - August 3, 1994) was executed at the age of 43 for the March 25, 1981 murder of Donald Lehman. Hoyt Clines and James William Holmes were also executed on the same day for the murder of Lehman. Donald Lehman, his wife Virginia, and their daughter Vicki were at their home when four men wearing ski masks rang the doorbell and forced their way inside. Lehman was shot three times and severely beaten with a motorcycle drive chain in front of his family. More than $1,000 and several guns were stolen, according"
"become the youngest judge elected to the 36th District Court in Detroit, eventually becoming a popular television personality as Judge Mathis. Kaufman is the judge who sentenced former Chrysler plant superintendent Ronald Ebens and his stepson Michael Nitz on March 16, 1983 to three years probation and $3,780 in fines and court costs after they were convicted of manslaughter for the killing of Vincent Chin. Asian American advocacy groups were outraged. Ebens had gone with Nitz to hunt down Chin and the only other Asian in his group of four friends and had Nitz hold Chin down as Ebens used"
"ill. Shortly afterwards, Chapman filmed scenes for the 20th anniversary of the first broadcast of ""Flying Circus"", the final time he appeared on television. Chapman died on 4 October 1989 in Maidstone Hospital. At the time of his death, he was being visited by Sherlock, brother John and his sister-in-law, and fellow Pythons Palin and Cleese, the latter of whom had to be led out of the room to deal with his grief. Peter Cook had intended to visit, but arrived too late and was visibly shaken by the news. Chapman's death occurred on the eve of the twentieth anniversary"
"the incident. On 23 November 1998 Charles Hegyalji, known as ""Mad Charlie"", was killed at his Caulfield home. Dibra was implicated in the murder and it is believed that it was drug-debt-related. Hegyalji's close friend, Mark Brandon ""Chopper"" Read, in the documentary film ""Fat Belly: Chopper Unchopped"", revealed that he believes Dibra was the perpetrator. It is believed that underworld figure ""Mad"" Richard Mladenich was also shot dead by Dino Dibra in a room in the seedy St Kilda Esquire Hotel on 16 May 2000. Mark Moran and Rocco Arico were also suspects. It has been said that Mladenich's death"
"Charles Coleman (murderer) Charles Troy Coleman (March 15, 1947 – September 10, 1990) was a convicted murderer executed in 1990 by lethal injection by the State of Oklahoma for the murder of John Seward. He was convicted in 1979 of the murder of Seward, who, along with his wife, was killed by a shotgun blast in rural Muskogee County, Oklahoma, when they interrupted a robbery at a relative's house. Coleman was executed in 1990 after almost twelve years on death row at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. He was put to death by the State of Oklahoma by lethal injection at"
"two babies. He deserves to die."" Marco Allen Chapman was the last person executed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Steve Beshear, Democrat, was Governor at the time. The two previous executions by the state were Edward Lee Harper, Jr. on May 25, 1999, and Harold McQueen, Jr. on July 1, 1997, both in Eddyville. Chapman and Harper were executed by lethal injection, and McQueen by electrocution. Harper, like Chapman, waived the remainder of his appeals, and was executed in 1999. Marco Allen Chapman Marco Allen Chapman (September 4, 1971 – November 21, 2008) was a convicted murderer who was the"
"James William Holmes James William Holmes (December 14, 1956 – August 3, 1994) was executed at the age of 37 for the March 25, 1981 murder of Donald Lehman. Darryl Richley and Hoyt Clines were also executed on the same day for the murder of Lehman. Donald Lehman, his wife Virginia, and their daughter Vicki were at their home when four men wearing ski masks rang the doorbell and forced their way inside. Lehman was shot three times and severely beaten with a motorcycle drive chain in front of his family. More than $1,000 and several guns were stolen, according"
"additional material was recorded for a planned follow-up album ""Milk and Honey"", which was released posthumously, in 1984. ""Double Fantasy"" was jointly released by Lennon and Ono very shortly before his death; the album was not well received and drew comments such as ""Melody Maker""'s ""indulgent sterility ... a godawful yawn"". After an evening at the Record Plant on 8 December 1980, Lennon and Ono returned to their Manhattan apartment in a limousine at around 10:50p.m. (EST). They exited the vehicle and walked through the archway of The Dakota, when lone gunman Mark David Chapman shot Lennon four times in"