Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty-five years ago, on December 8, 1980, John Lennon was murdered outside his New York City home. Lennon worked alongside music ...

December 8th remains a tragic day in the annals of popular music. On that date in 1980, John Lennon was shot to death in the archway of his New York City apartment by a gun-wielding Beatles fan ...

Monday, Dec. 8, marks the 45th anniversary of John Lennon’s murder. He died in New York City at the age of 40 when he was gunned down outside his apartment building. The man convicted of killing ...

In 1980, former Beatle John Lennon came out of self-imposed retirement, backed off his duties as a self-described “househusband” and, with his wife, Yoko Ono, recorded their first album in nearly six ...

Musical genius, cultural icon, voice of peace — all are synonymous with John Lennon, the prolific singer-songwriter of Beatles stardom who was taken from this world too soon. Few figures have left as ...

Lennon was fatally shot outside of his New York City apartment in December 1980 Paul McCartney recalled the "horrific" moment he discovered John Lennon had died "It was just too crazy,” he writes said ...

NEW YORK -- Music fans in New York City and around the world are marking what would have been John Lennon's 80th birthday. Lennon was born October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England. He grew up to be one ...

In his new book 'Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run,' former Beatles front man Paul McCartney revisits the morning he got the "horrific" news about John Lennon's death, comparing it to the JFK ...