John Lennon, gone 40 years, but his music and legacy live on

Older generations would always recall where they were when they learned the news of Dec. 7, 1941, the day Japanese aircraft struck Pearl Harbor and America's entry into World War II was certain. More recently, the same memories attach to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

And for many of us, there is John Lennon, who was murdered the night of Dec. 8, 1980, 40 years ago Tuesday.

I was a young reporter at the Cape Cod Times and was driving to work early the next morning, listening to radio news, as was my custom, when I heard.

Disbelief was my first reaction. But the station was trustworthy, so I knew the report was no hoax.

I pulled into a parking lot on Center Street, a few hundred feet from the Times’ main office in Hyannis, and began crying, experiencing the same pain millions of others felt for the ex-Beatle whose music and social-justice activism were without compare.

Lennon, 40 years old, gone.

Source: providencejournal.com

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