Today in History - Dec 8, 1980: Former "Beatle" John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City apartment building as he and his wife, Yoko Ono, were returning from a recording session.
Mark David Chapman shot Lennon seven times, only hours after Lennon had autographed the album "Double Fantasy" for the 25-year-old drifter.
Chapman was later convicted of the killing and sentenced to 20-years-to-life. In 1998, the album that Lennon autographed that day was offered for sale on the Internet by an anonymous man who found it at the crime scene. The asking price -- $1.8 million. Chapman said he stashed the album behind a watchman's booth before firing five shots from a .38-calibre revolver into Lennon's back.
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