Over the years there have been many inspirational people that have passed away. Unfortunately, there have also been some people that have been assassinated. One of those people was John Lennon who was an inspiration but was murdered by a mentally insane person.
John Lennon was and still is an inspiration. Him and the Beatles had toured the world to spread the influence of their music. Later on when they split up, John still continued to make influential music and say inspirational quotes such as “You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are. You are what you are!” (John Lennon Quotes). Later in his life he even lead a peace sitting with his wife, Yoko Ono.
John was murdered the night of December 8th, 1980, in the lobby of his hotel. A man, …show more content…
Growing up, Chapman wasn’t very popular but had an amazing imagination. In his early teen years, he discovered marijuana which later lead him to using heroin and LSD until he was sixteen, when he suddenly became very Christian. Later in life, he became very depressed and tried to commit suicide while in Hawaii, but he failed. Once he failed, he started to become very obsessed with many things, including John Lennon’s book. For some reason he wanted to become famous, and decided to kill John Lennon. Chapman had said if Lennon wasn’t as famous as he was, he wouldn’t have died, and Chapman also said that he would have killed either Johnny Carson or George C. Scott instead of Lennon. Chapman went to New York to kill Lennon but couldn’t go through with it, and got a CD he had with him signed instead. The night after that he went back and shot Lennon. Afterwards, he went to a nearby officer and turned himself in, while constantly saying he was sorry for making the police officers go through all this work. He then had 9 psychological evaluations for court, and six of the clinical psychiatrists have said “He is psychotic”. Since then Chapman has been denied parole 7 times. (Mark David Chapman | Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers) (Mark Chapman: The Assassination of John) (Lennon Assassin Mark David Chapman Says He Did It to Get
John Lennon was and still is an inspiration. Him and the Beatles had toured the world to spread the influence of their music. Later on when they split up, John still continued to make influential music and say inspirational quotes such as “You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are. You are what you are!” (John Lennon Quotes). Later in his life he even lead a peace sitting with his wife, Yoko Ono.
John was murdered the night of December 8th, 1980, in the lobby of his hotel. A man, …show more content…
Growing up, Chapman wasn’t very popular but had an amazing imagination. In his early teen years, he discovered marijuana which later lead him to using heroin and LSD until he was sixteen, when he suddenly became very Christian. Later in life, he became very depressed and tried to commit suicide while in Hawaii, but he failed. Once he failed, he started to become very obsessed with many things, including John Lennon’s book. For some reason he wanted to become famous, and decided to kill John Lennon. Chapman had said if Lennon wasn’t as famous as he was, he wouldn’t have died, and Chapman also said that he would have killed either Johnny Carson or George C. Scott instead of Lennon. Chapman went to New York to kill Lennon but couldn’t go through with it, and got a CD he had with him signed instead. The night after that he went back and shot Lennon. Afterwards, he went to a nearby officer and turned himself in, while constantly saying he was sorry for making the police officers go through all this work. He then had 9 psychological evaluations for court, and six of the clinical psychiatrists have said “He is psychotic”. Since then Chapman has been denied parole 7 times. (Mark David Chapman | Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers) (Mark Chapman: The Assassination of John) (Lennon Assassin Mark David Chapman Says He Did It to Get