John Lennon: the soul of Liverpool

On Monday, December 8^th, 1980, John Lennon was murdered by five shots of Mark David Chapman at the entrance of the building where he lived, Dakota building. Lennon had just returned from Record Plant Studio with his wife, Yoko Ono.

John Lennon was an influential British rock musician who gained fame worldwide for being one of the founding members of the band The Beatles, his solo career, and for his work as political activist against the war.

He was pronounced dead on his arrival at St. Luke's -Roosevelt Hospital Center, where he also said that no one could have lived more than a few minutes after sustaining such injuries, having lost the 80 % of his blood. Soon after, local news stations reported Lennon's death, so a crowd at Roosevelt Hospital in front of Dakota building.

He was cremated on December 10^th, 1980, at the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York, the ashes were given to Ono, who decided not to hold a funeral for him, although several homages and tributes were held in his honor.

Thirty years after the murder, Chapman admitted for the first time that he was sorry for what he did, in early August 2010 at the parole board that denied his release: "I feel that now, at 55, I have a greater understanding of what a human life is, I've changed a lot. I'm embarrassed. That's my first thought. I regret what I did".

This abominable act made ​​the admirers of the British band The Beatles lost one of its members, John Winston Lennon, his birth name. Lennon, besides being an amazing musician, was also admired for his ideas in favor of justice and social progress.