All Those Years Ago: The John Lennon Murder Clipping Collection
On December 8, 1980, I was 19 years old and very impressionable. I hadn't really grasped the world yet or how it functioned, and looking back, I'm not even sure I cared then how it functioned. One event changed my outlook irrevocably: The assassination of John Lennon. I remember, shortly before Lennon's murder, hearing his new single, Starting Over. I paid enough attention to know it was Lennon's song and was put out by a Beatle, and I remember thinking it was neat that one of the Beatles was... Sign in to see full entry.