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      • Chapman believed that he would become Holden Caulfield, the young protagonist of the novel, when he killed Lennon. Caulfield loved children and considered the adult world ugly and depressing. His dream, he told his younger sister Phoebe, was to be the "catcher in the rye" who saved children from falling over "some crazy cliff."
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  2. Dec 8, 2020 · The Beatles icon was murdered by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980, in a death that shocked the world and continues to inspire grief, anger and wonder.

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  3. Chapman refused requests for press interviews during his first six years in prison; he later said that he regretted the murder and that he did not want to give the impression that he killed Lennon for fame and notoriety.

  4. Apr 8, 2020 · People Magazine reports that Chapman claimed he killed Lennon to promote the book. Four decades later, Chapman no longer claims that his actions were made in an attempt to outdo every subsequent member of his book club. Instead, he claims that he did it for the notoriety.

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  5. Dec 8, 2015 · CNN — There was a voice in his head, a gun in his hand, and John Lennon’s wife right in front of him. Mark David Chapman knew exactly what he was doing when he decided to take the life of one of...

  6. Oct 3, 2000 · Chapman believed that he would become Holden Caulfield, the young protagonist of the novel, when he killed Lennon. Caulfield loved children and considered the adult world ugly and depressing. His dream, he told his younger sister Phoebe, was to be the "catcher in the rye" who saved children from falling over "some crazy cliff."

  7. Dec 5, 2023 · A new Apple TV+ documentary series, John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial, is narrated by Kiefer Sutherland and investigates the shooting by obsessed fan Mark David Chapman on 8 December...

  8. On the evening of 8th December 1980, musician John Lennon, formerly of The Beatles, was fatally wounded in the archway of the Dakota, his residence in New York City. The killer was Mark David...