And we all tend to remember his deathday every year, rather than his birthday. I still remember walking around our town centre in a daze the next morning.
Yep, it was definitely a "JFK" moment where everyone can remember what they were doing when they first heard the news. I was 13-years old and getting ready for school when I heard it on Radio One. I couldn't believe it - why would anyone shoot Lennon? I was too young to have heard about obsessive fans or to know about Americans' ridiculously easy access to guns. Unfortunately, there would be more to come...
And we all tend to remember his deathday every year, rather than his birthday.
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Yep, it was definitely a "JFK" moment where everyone can remember what they were doing when they first heard the news. I was 13-years old and getting ready for school when I heard it on Radio One. I couldn't believe it - why would anyone shoot Lennon? I was too young to have heard about obsessive fans or to know about Americans' ridiculously easy access to guns. Unfortunately, there would be more to come...
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