Do your remember where you were when John Lennon was killed? I’ll never forget. I went to bed a little early that night and listened to my favorite station growing up, KQRS in Minneapolis. I remember the DJ coming on, sounding shocked, sad, I knew something was wrong. It took him a bit to get the words out, “John Lennon was shot and killed tonight outside his home in front of the Dakota”…after that it gets a little hazy. I was devastated, pulling the covers over my head trying to wrap my head around what I had just heard. I was such a huge Beatles fan. I cried myself to sleep listening to KQRS playing John Lennon all night.
Most heard the news on Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell. See the video just below for the official announcement. Just below, you’ll see John and Howard together on MNF in 1975.
