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.^ John Lennon's Murder 1980 Coverage: PHOTO MYFOXNY.COM - This is archival coverage of John Lennon's murder from December 9, 1980.- john lennon death - John Lennon Gossip 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC celebrifi.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Is Mark David Chapman dead Mark David Chapman, charged with second degree murder of ...- Mark David Chapman News, Pictures & Buzz 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.headlinegrabber.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Shropshire Star 1 week ago On December 8, 1980, the world mourned the death of John Lennon at the hands of stalker Mark David Chapman on the streets of New York City.- Mark David Chapman - News, photos, topics, and quotes 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.daylife.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Mark David Chapman shoots John Lennon four times in the back outside The Dakota in New York.- The Beatles 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rotten.com [Source type: General]
^ Reporters asked how Lennon's wife, Yoko Ono, was doing.- The Night John Lennon Died : NPR 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.npr.org [Source type: General]
^ Lennon was murdered in his apartment building by Mark David Chapman.- John Lennon | Music's Tragedies | Comcast.net 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.comcast.net [Source type: General]
.^ Chapman stood on the sidewalk near Lennon's body calmly reading The Catcher in the Rye until the police arrived.- Mark David Chapman : Criminal Catch-ups : Investigation Discovery 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC investigation.discovery.com [Source type: General]
.^ Chapman pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years to life.- Flickr: Mark David Chapman 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.flickr.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ There was never any trial for Chapman, who was sentenced to 20 years to life after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
^ Chapman was sentenced to 20 years to life after pleading guilty against the desires of his attorney, who wanted to plead him not guilty by reason of insanity; he has yet to be granted parole.- 411mania.com: Movies - Chapter 27 DVD Review 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.411mania.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ But getting denied 5 time for parol.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
^ Last year, Chapman was denied parole for the 5th time.- ENT - IMAGINE...29 years later 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC blog.canoe.ca [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ As a result, the former glue-sniffing drug abuser was sentenced to prison for 20 years to life at Attica State Prison.- Mark David Chapman : Criminal Catch-ups : Investigation Discovery 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC investigation.discovery.com [Source type: General]
[2] .^ He has been denied parole five times, in part because Yoko Ono has vehemently opposed his parole as have members of the general public.- Mark David Chapman : Criminal Catch-ups : Investigation Discovery 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC investigation.discovery.com [Source type: General]
^ Despite having a record of good behavior since 1994, the parole board once again denied Chapman’s parole, citing “concern for the public safety and welfare.” Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono also lobbied against Chapman’s release.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
^ Yoko Ono, Lennon's widow, in previous years has submitted a letter requesting that Chapman be denied parole.- Mark David Chapman // Current 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC current.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Chapman's mind eventually focuses on Salinger's infamous book The Catcher in the Rye, engaging with it almost like Jim Carrey in The Number 23 -- as if the book was written specifically with him in mind, and acting out its plot in the real world will somehow unlock some higher plane of reality.- Posts tagged Mark david chapman at Cinematical 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.cinematical.com [Source type: General]
^ Conspiracy theorists point to Chapman’s time in Lebanon, reputedly a prime CIA training area in the 1970’s, and there are claims that he was either a CIA operative, or somehow brainwashed, with ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ being his psychological trigger to kill, a la ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ (it is true that he was carrying a copy of the book on the night he assassinated Lennon, and his bizarre attempts to promote the book prior to his trial were definitely odd).- Crime & Investigation Network - Crime Files 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC citvasia.com [Source type: General]
^ Using J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye as his Bible, Chapman believed himself the novel’s main character, Holden Caulfield, and was determined to carry out the fictional character’s adolescent adventures.- Jared Leto Throws His Weight Behind Chapter 27 | MovieMaker Magazine 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.moviemaker.com [Source type: General]
Various specific motivations have also been suggested.
.^ Chapman was sentenced to life in prison since there have been no executions in New York state for more than 25 years.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ The real Chapman has been in Attica State Prison since 1981 and has become an evangelical Christian.- Cele|bitchy » Blog Archive » John Lennon’s killer Mark David Chapman now obsessed w/ Lindsay Lohan 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.celebitchy.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Everything Mr. Chapman says in “The Killing of John Lennon,” Andrew Piddington’s devastating re-enactment of events leading up to, including and immediately after the murder, is taken from interviews, depositions and court transcripts.- The Killing of John Lennon - Film - Review - New York Times 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.nytimes.com [Source type: General]
^ There was never any trial for Chapman, who was sentenced to 20 years to life after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
^ As Chapman narrates, we see his obsession with the iconic book The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, and how Chapman views himself as Holden Caulfieldthe title of the film is a reference to an unwritten chapter of the book that Chapman felt he was portraying by killing Lennon.- 411mania.com: Movies - Chapter 27 DVD Review 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.411mania.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Early life
.^ Mark David Chapman was born near Fort Worth, Texas, on Tuesday, May 10th, 1955.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Chapman was born to David and Kathryn within a year of their marriage.- Chapman, Mark David - Astro-Databank, Mark David Chapman horoscope, born 10 May 1955 in Fort Worth TX 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.astro.com [Source type: General]
^ Mark Chapman: The Killer of John Lennon Mark David Chapman was born in Fort Worth, Texas on 10th May 1955, the first child of David & Diane Chapman.- Crime & Investigation Network - Crime Files 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC citvasia.com [Source type: General]
.^ When Mark was seven, his sister Susan was born.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ He called Chapman's wife and said at the time he was living in the desert, and a voice came to him and told him to kill John Lennon.
^ Inwardly, he told psychiatrists, he lived in dread of his father, who he said beat his mother.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He shot a man in the back and killed him in front of his wife leaving behind a small child who was just upstairs- no parole.- New Insights Into John Lennon’s Killer - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com [Source type: General]
He also
fantasised about having god-like power over a group of imaginary "little people".
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.^ Chapman was a former student at Decatur’s Columbia High School when he gunned down the Beatles legend in December 1980 in New York City.- Celebrity News, Blogs and Photos | accessAtlanta 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.accessatlanta.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ At 14, and the rise of puberty, he changed, using an array of drugs and letting his hair grow, showing the world he could rebel.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ For the next two years Lennon became heavily involved in various drugs, and became a frequent celebrity party-goer at star's homes and wild night clubs.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Foogle Business - Lyrics of John Winston Ono-Lennon - John Lenon - Listen to Imagine - Words & Music - Information About His Life Story - Yoko Ono - Mark Chapman - Paul McCartney - Genius [ Lennon, lenon, Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun ] - Imagine 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: General]
^ He also was under the influence of cocaine, the drug both John and Yoko were using at the time of Lennon's death.- What Mark David Chapman Took From Me - Comments Page 2 - Blogcritics Music 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC blogcritics.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Chapman reported that he was bullied because he was not a good athlete. His favorite band was
The Beatles.
[3] .^ It was mostly LSD, but he took a lot of mescaline and barbiturates too.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Wasn't it Lennon that said the "Beatles were more popular than Christ"?
^ He didn't mean that the beatles were literally more popular than Jesus.
^ Yes, it was about his sadness over losing his friend Lennon, and his rage at Chapman. You can hear the raw anger in his voice in the second part of the song. Gives me chills. I love Gilmour.- David Gilmour - Murder - Radio Paradise -Internet Radio - Rock, Alternative, Blues, World, Acoustic, Folk, Classic Rock and More 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.radioparadise.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[5]
.^ CHAPMAN: Well, I became a Christian when I was 16, Larry, and that lasted about a year of genuine walking with him.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He (Chapman) entered his Born Again Christianity phase.
He met his first girlfriend, another born-again Christian named Jessica Blankenship.
.^ "He was really caring with the refugees, and he worked his tail off to do everything exactly right," recalls David Moore, then director of YMCA Refugees Services at the camp.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Earlier that year he had worked bagging groceries and washing cars to send himself to Lebanon as a YMCA youth counselor.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ John and Yoko continued with their political dialogues and in early 1972 Lennon began fighting off U.S. Immigration Authorities, who had denied him a work visa due to a 1968 conviction for possession of marijuana.- Foogle Business - Lyrics of John Winston Ono-Lennon - John Lenon - Listen to Imagine - Words & Music - Information About His Life Story - Yoko Ono - Mark Chapman - Paul McCartney - Genius [ Lennon, lenon, Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun ] - Imagine 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: General]
[3][6] .^ His artistic vanity and selfishness were unworthy of a gentleman, and rendered him an object of dislike and dread to those who were compelled to encounter them.- *�* Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine | Book of Days | May 10 |Victoria Claflin Woodhull John Wilkes Sepoy Rebellion Kilauea Volcano 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.wilsonsalmanac.com [Source type: General]
^ Police arrived immediately and put Lennon in the car to bring him to the nearest hospital, but when asked if he knew who he was, he could not reply.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ I will also feed his remains to those who say would not kill him.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[7]
.^ Chapman related and modeled his life after the book’s main character Holden Caulfield.- Chapter-27 | /Film 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.slashfilm.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He viewed J.D. Salinger 's novel The Catcher in the Rye as having great personal significance for him, to the extent that he reportedly wished to model his life after the book's antisocial protagonist , Holden Caulfield .- Mark David Chapman at AllExperts 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman's mind eventually focuses on Salinger's infamous book The Catcher in the Rye, engaging with it almost like Jim Carrey in The Number 23 -- as if the book was written specifically with him in mind, and acting out its plot in the real world will somehow unlock some higher plane of reality.- Posts tagged Mark david chapman at Cinematical 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.cinematical.com [Source type: General]
[3]
.^ Then, in the fall of his junior year at Columbia High, Mark was reborn as a Christian.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ As this is also the time when Chapman's parole will be evaluated yet again, I thought it might be a good opportunity to remember what he actually did.- Bryce Zabel's FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: Mark Chapman Has Said Enough 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.brycezabel.com [Source type: General]
^ Lennon had been a bully and trouble maker at school and left Quarry Bank High School, he did not excel but rebelled.- Foogle Business - Lyrics of John Winston Ono-Lennon - John Lenon - Listen to Imagine - Words & Music - Information About His Life Story - Yoko Ono - Mark Chapman - Paul McCartney - Genius [ Lennon, lenon, Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun ] - Imagine 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: General]
.^ Mark David Chapman, killer of John Lennon, gives an unidentified Vietnamese child a ride on his shoulders in 1975 at Fort Chaffee near Fort Smith, Ark.- Dr. Winston O'Boogie's Photo Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ To the left he places a snapshot of himself, smiling broadly, arms around Vietnamese refugee children at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.- John Lennon, In Memoriam | Dusty Wright's Culture Catch 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.culturecatch.com [Source type: General]
.^ Among them was a man who would be later identified as Mark David Chapman.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman also said that he has come to realise how much his actions also affected Lennon 's wife, Yoko Ono , and their children, reports the Associated Press .- John Lennon's killer admits shame of killing former Beatle | News | NME.COM 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.nme.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 Mark David Chapman, the deeply disturbed killer, who gunned down John Lennon in 1980, was denied parole today for the fifth time.
.^ Sara Jane Moore and Squeaky Fromme each attempted -- unsuccessfully -- to kill President Gerald Ford in two separate incidents more than 30 years ago, and neither of them has yet been released from prison.- Mark David Chapman denied parole again - Page 3 - DVD Talk Forum 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC forum.dvdtalk.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[7][8]
.^ Just before Christmas 1975, he returned to Atlanta, planning to enroll with Jessica at Covenant College, a strict Presbyterian school in Tennessee.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ PM on June 1, 2002 My English teacher lived on the same dorm floor as Chapman, back when he was going to Covenant College in Tennessee.- Comments on 17550 | MetaFilter 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.metafilter.com [Source type: General]
^ Mark left Covenant College after he had finished one semester, and Jessica, an intensely religious girl with a deep commitment to a missionary career, ended their relationship.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
However, Chapman fell behind in his studies and became obsessed with guilt over having an affair.
[9][5] .^ "Then he started shaking his head in a mad frenzy, smiling to himself like he had some inner thoughts that were sending him into outer space."- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ He had dropped out of DeKalb Community College after only one semester, but he was succeeding in YMCA work and seemed headed for a career in social service.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Mark left Covenant College after he had finished one semester, and Jessica, an intensely religious girl with a deep commitment to a missionary career, ended their relationship.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
He returned to work at the resettlement camp, but left after an argument.
.^ Soon after, Chapman became a security guard.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ When Chapman was arrested he was in possession of a large amount of money that was beyond what he could have possibly earnt as a low paid security guard.- What Mark David Chapman Took From Me - Comments Page 2 - Blogcritics Music 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC blogcritics.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Q - Did anyone pick up on the fact that Chapman signed out for the last time from his security job, crossing out his name and writing John Lennon?
.^ He had dropped out of DeKalb Community College after only one semester, but he was succeeding in YMCA work and seemed headed for a career in social service.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I Hate New Year's Resolutions Out with the New, In with the Old A Tree Is Not Just a Tree Another Goodbye Movie Smackdown: Going Native Final Round of Best Christmas Movie Smackdown .- Bryce Zabel's FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: Mark Chapman Has Said Enough 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.brycezabel.com [Source type: General]
He decided to go to
Hawaii and then kill himself.
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.^ Actress Thelma "Hot Toddy" Todd turns up dead in her car, allegedly the victim of suicide by means of carbon monoxide poisoning.
.^ According to Mark, he had written postcards to all the people who had cared about him, then driven out to a beautiful canyon, strung a hose from the exhaust pipe into the car and sealed himself in.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
He was discovered and brought to a local
mental health clinic.
.^ A passerby rescued him, and he was taken to nearby Castle Memorial Hospital on the windward side of Oahu.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Upon his release, the hospital hired him part-time. He played guitar for the patients and counseled them. He found a place to live with a Presbyterian minister.
[10] .^ Mark's mother left Atlanta immediately to join her son in Hawaii.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Neither they nor he have spoken publicly of that visit, but not long after their return to Atlanta, David and Diane Chapman began divorce proceedings.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[5]
.^ Inspired by Chapman's recollections, and propelled by a haunting, tour-de-force performance from Jared Leto, the film unravels the web of literary associations and cultural signs through which Chapman processes the world as he releases his grip on reality.
^ A second film — “The Killing of John Lennon” with Jonas Ball as Chapman — went into limited release in January, playing in one theater for three weeks.- Atlanta Metro News | ajc.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.ajc.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Chapman left late in the day, like around 5 or 6 o'clock.
.^ He told Moore he thought he was in love with a Japanese-American named Gloria Abe, the travel agent in Hawaii who had planned his tour.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ So it was no surprise when he started to openly date an older Japanese-American way out avant-garde artist named Yoko Ono.- Foogle Business - Lyrics of John Winston Ono-Lennon - John Lenon - Listen to Imagine - Words & Music - Information About His Life Story - Yoko Ono - Mark Chapman - Paul McCartney - Genius [ Lennon, lenon, Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun ] - Imagine 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: General]
.^ One is that Chapman may not have been working alone .- Mark Chapman | News | guardian.co.uk 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.guardian.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ I can’t imagine a world where Chapman ever gains his freedom, given that he has baldly admitted to planning Lennon’s assassination for what amounts to little more than attention.- Mark David Chapman | Listening Post 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: General]
^ This is more an example of social groupshift rather than direct mind-control imo.
.^ He made Gloria leave the travel agency when she was offered a promotion, then he sold their car.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ A passerby rescued him, and he was taken to nearby Castle Memorial Hospital on the windward side of Oahu.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Quitting the hospital, Mark took a job as an unarmed security guard at a luxury condominium in Waikiki.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I was a maintenance man at the time, and before that I worked as a security guard, and these were all jobs in keeping with what I thought I could do.- Mark David Chapman quotes, quotations, phrases, words 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.icelebz.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[10]
.^ CHAPMAN: Against the death of John Lennon?- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Mark David Chapman, killer of John Lennon, gives an unidentified Vietnamese child a ride on his shoulders in 1975 at Fort Chaffee near Fort Smith, Ark.- Dr. Winston O'Boogie's Photo Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Yes, it was about his sadness over losing his friend Lennon, and his rage at Chapman. You can hear the raw anger in his voice in the second part of the song. Gives me chills. I love Gilmour.- David Gilmour - Murder - Radio Paradise -Internet Radio - Rock, Alternative, Blues, World, Acoustic, Folk, Classic Rock and More 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.radioparadise.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
In September 1980, he wrote a letter to a friend, Lynda Irish, in which he stated, "I'm going nuts", and signed it "The Catcher in the Rye".
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Murder of John Lennon
The entrance to the Dakota building where Lennon was shot
.^ Chapman was a former student at Decatur’s Columbia High School when he gunned down the Beatles legend in December 1980 in New York City.- Celebrity News, Blogs and Photos | accessAtlanta 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.accessatlanta.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Atlanta Metro News | ajc.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.ajc.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ March 20, 2008 Peter Travers , Rolling Stone Don't hammer this film for trying to get inside the head of Mark David Chapman before he shot John Lennon outside the rock legend's New York apartment on December 8th, 1980.- Chapter 27 - Movie Reviews, Photos & Videos, Layouts & Wallpapers, Fan Club 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.flixster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Before heading to New York to kill John Lennon in 1980, Mark David Chapman lied to his wife by telling her that he was “going to find myself, I’m going to write a book, kids’ book, and just try to get my life together,” according to a just released transcript [pdf] from his latest parole hearing, his fifth.- New Insights Into John Lennon’s Killer - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com [Source type: General]
.^ On his last day at Chaffee, an Atlanta friend named Dana Reeves came to drive him home.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ "Dana had a strange effect on Mark," says a mutual friend in Atlanta.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Friends say Dana Reeves led him into it.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Two days WALRUSGUMBOOT BEATLE NEWS: John Lennon Blog Source: david-holmes.blogspot.com Twenty-nine years ago today, Mark David Chapman gunned down John Lennon in New York City as he and his wife, Yoko Ono, returned to their home at The Dakota.- Allvoices.com - Remembering John Lennon - 29 Years Later 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.allvoices.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Camping outside Lennon's apartment in New York waiting for an autograph, Chapman's childlike obsession with this "celebrity phony" descends into madness.- The Killing of John Lennon Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rottentomatoes.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Before heading to New York to kill John Lennon in 1980, Mark David Chapman lied to his wife by telling her that he was “going to find myself, I’m going to write a book, kids’ book, and just try to get my life together,” according to a just released transcript [pdf] from his latest parole hearing, his fifth.- New Insights Into John Lennon’s Killer - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com [Source type: General]
.^ Back in Hawaii, he made an appointment with a psychologist, but didn't keep it.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Chapman was a former student at Decatur’s Columbia High School when he gunned down the Beatles legend in December 1980 in New York City.- Celebrity News, Blogs and Photos | accessAtlanta 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.accessatlanta.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ And then the urges started building in me again to do this crime, and I flew back to New York on December 6th and checked into a hotel, and then on the day of December 8th, stayed outside the Dakota waiting for him with intent to shoot and kill him.- Dr. Winston O'Boogie's Photo Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
He offered
cocaine to a taxi driver.
[5] .^ "Yes, I've gone nuts," he wrote a friend, Lynda Irish, enclosing a sketch he had made of an idyllic Hawaiian scene and signing off "Catcher in the Rye."- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ While leaving his New York apartment on December 8, 1980, Lennon was approached by a fat ugly, sleazy-looking fan who requested an autograph.- Foogle Business - Lyrics of John Winston Ono-Lennon - John Lenon - Listen to Imagine - Words & Music - Information About His Life Story - Yoko Ono - Mark Chapman - Paul McCartney - Genius [ Lennon, lenon, Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun ] - Imagine 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: General]
^ He essentially knew from the fans there, Jeri and Jude at the Dakota, when he arrived in New York City that Saturday morning (December 6,1980) that John Lennon was there.
.^ New York: Clarkion Books, 1993.- First Lady Lesson Plan: Mrs. Robinson and Other Historical Songs 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.firstladies.org [Source type: General]
^ And then I left the hotel room, bought a copy of "The Catcher in the Rye," signed it to Holden Caulfield from Holden Caulfield, and wrote underneath that "This is my statement," underlining the world "this," the emphasis on the word this.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Chapman soon becomes obsessed with J. D. Salinger's classic novel THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, seeing himself as fictional character Holden Caulfield, who must root out the phonies of the world.- The Killing of John Lennon Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rottentomatoes.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Two days WALRUSGUMBOOT BEATLE NEWS: John Lennon Blog Source: david-holmes.blogspot.com Twenty-nine years ago today, Mark David Chapman gunned down John Lennon in New York City as he and his wife, Yoko Ono, returned to their home at The Dakota.- Allvoices.com - Remembering John Lennon - 29 Years Later 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.allvoices.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Chapman buys a gun, heads to the Big Apple, and starts stalking the Dakota, gripping his copy of Lennon's comeback album, DOUBLE FANTASY, recorded with his wife, Yoko Ono.- The Killing of John Lennon Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rottentomatoes.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ John Lennon is shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.- Daily Minute: Tuesday, Dec. 8 - Taunton, MA - The Taunton Gazette 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.tauntongazette.com [Source type: News]
.^ As the Lennons walked by, Chapman called, "Mr.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ He was only twenty-one years old."- *�* Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine | Book of Days | May 10 |Victoria Claflin Woodhull John Wilkes Sepoy Rebellion Kilauea Volcano 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.wilsonsalmanac.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman soon becomes obsessed with J. D. Salinger's classic novel THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, seeing himself as fictional character Holden Caulfield, who must root out the phonies of the world.- The Killing of John Lennon Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rottentomatoes.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Jose shook the gun from Chapman's hand and kicked it away about 20 - 30 feet.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[12]
.^ Chapman buys a gun, heads to the Big Apple, and starts stalking the Dakota, gripping his copy of Lennon's comeback album, DOUBLE FANTASY, recorded with his wife, Yoko Ono.- The Killing of John Lennon Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rottentomatoes.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ On December 8, 1980 at around 5 p.m., John and Yoko left their apartment in the historic Dakota on Central Park West in New York City to go to their recording studio to supervise the transfer of some of the "Double Fantasy" album numbers to singles.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Out of everyone in the studio at that time, apparently Yoko Ono appeared the only person unaffected by Lennon's recent death.- What Mark David Chapman Took From Me - Comments Page 2 - Blogcritics Music 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC blogcritics.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Lennon signs his copy of "Double Fantasy" and sort of opens the door.- Beyond the Multiplex - Salon.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.salon.com [Source type: General]
- Beyond the Multiplex - Salon.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.salon.com [Source type: General]
^ The "Double Fantasy" album was being recorded when Lennon was murdered.- Allvoices.com - Remembering John Lennon - 29 Years Later 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.allvoices.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ As the Lennons walked by, Chapman called, "Mr.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
.^ He signed an album for Chapman.
^ He was with a sole photographer, Paul Goresh, who took the picture below.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ And I was very nervous and I was right in front of John Lennon instantly, and I had a black, Bic pen and I said, John, would you sign my album.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
[13] .^ At that point my big part won and I wanted to go back to my hotel, but I couldnt.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The reader who sent the pic to us suggested Leto-as-Chapman resembled Ben Gibbard, but we won't go there...- Jared Leto Is Mark David Chapman - Stereogum 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC stereogum.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Q - It was reported that Chapman had some kind of a Hit List that included names of people like Johnny Carson and Frank Sinatra if he couldn't get to Lennon.
.^ I waited until he came back.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The title “Chapter 27” refers to “Catcher in the Rye,” which has 26 chapters and was the book Chapman carried when he was arrested for Lennon’s murder.- Celebrity News, Blogs and Photos | accessAtlanta 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.accessatlanta.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ "My wish is for all of you to someday read The Catcher in the Rye" Mark Chapman would say when it was all over; he inscribed his copy for police: "This is my statement."- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This my sound wierd me being a Huge Lennon fan and all but "The Catcher In The Rye" is my very favorite book i've read it 3 times and i'm only 14.- Jared Leto Is Mark David Chapman - Stereogum 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC stereogum.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ At 10:50pm, their limousine pulled up to the entrance of the Dakota.- John Lennon Death Anniversary | PunditGuy 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.punditguy.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Lennon, just two months past his 40th birthday, returned from a midtown Manhattan recording studio at 10:50 p.m with wife Yoko Ono.
^ On December 14, 1980, at 2 p.m., Lennon fans around the world participated in a widely publicized 10-minute silent vigil.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Foogle Business - Lyrics of John Winston Ono-Lennon - John Lenon - Listen to Imagine - Words & Music - Information About His Life Story - Yoko Ono - Mark Chapman - Paul McCartney - Genius [ Lennon, lenon, Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun ] - Imagine 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: General]
.^ As the Lennons walked by, Chapman called, "Mr.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Later that evening, Lennon and Ono returned to their apartment from recording Ono’s single “Walking on Thin Ice” for their next album.- John Lennon Death Anniversary | PunditGuy 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.punditguy.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Lennon walked out of his New York City apartment building only to be senselessly shot and killed by deranged fan, Mark David Chapman.- Allvoices.com - Remembering John Lennon - 29 Years Later 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.allvoices.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ You murdered the victim, John Lennon, when you fired a .38 special caliber Charter Arm revolver, filled with hollow-point bullets.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ I took five steps toward the street, turned, withdrew my Charter Arms .38 and fired five shots into his back.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Mark David Chapman, killer of John Lennon, gives an unidentified Vietnamese child a ride on his shoulders in 1975 at Fort Chaffee near Fort Smith, Ark.- Dr. Winston O'Boogie's Photo Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
.^ Elliott M. Gross, the Chief Medical Examiner, said after the autopsy that Lennon had died of shock and loss of blood and that no one could have lived more than a few minutes with such injuries.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ One of the very last pictures taken of the great John Lennon.- Foogle Business - Lyrics of John Winston Ono-Lennon - John Lenon - Listen to Imagine - Words & Music - Information About His Life Story - Yoko Ono - Mark Chapman - Paul McCartney - Genius [ Lennon, lenon, Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun ] - Imagine 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: General]
There was an isolated newspaper claim at the time that, before firing, Chapman called out "Mr. Lennon" and dropped into a "
combat stance,"
[14] though Chapman disputes this assertion.
[15]
.^ Then he took a dogeared copy of The Catcher in the Rye from his pocket and began to read.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I took "The Catcher in the Rye" out of my pocket.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Chapman soon becomes obsessed with J. D. Salinger's classic novel THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, seeing himself as fictional character Holden Caulfield, who must root out the phonies of the world.- The Killing of John Lennon Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rottentomatoes.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Ten minutes after the shooting occurred, Lennon arrived at Roosevelt Hospital.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman was a former student at Decatur’s Columbia High School when he gunned down the Beatles legend in December 1980 in New York City.- Celebrity News, Blogs and Photos | accessAtlanta 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.accessatlanta.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ An unspeakable tragedy, confirmed to us by ABC News in New York City: John Lennon, outside of his apartment building on the West Side of New York City, the most famous perhaps of all the Beatles, shot twice in the back, rushed to Roosevelt Hospital, dead … on … arrival.” .- Celebrity News, Blogs and Photos | accessAtlanta 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.accessatlanta.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Chapman was arrested without incident.
.^ Im sure the large part of me is Holden Caulfield, who is the main person in the book.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Chapmans motives were fabricated from pure delusion, fueled by an obsession with the fictional character Holden Caulfield and his similar misadventures in J.D. Salingers Catcher in the Rye.- 2008 Chapter 27 - Movie reviews, trailers, clips and movie stills 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.celebritywonder.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Sunday, more than three hours after closing time, by a security guard who heard a crash.- Bartcop Entertainment - Thursday, 10 October, 2002 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.suprmchaos.com [Source type: General]
The small part of me must be the
Devil."
[16]
Testimony and sentencing
.^ CHAPMAN: That is within the second degree.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ January 6 Mark David Chapman pleads not guilty by insanity to the John Lennon murder charge.- The 80s Server - Timeline - 1981 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.80s.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ KING: But it was second-degree murder you pled to, right?- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
He was taken to
Bellevue Hospital for psychiatric examination. The conclusion was that, while
delusional, he was
competent to stand a trial. Nine psychiatrists/clinical psychologists were prepared to testify at his trial – six of the clinical opinion that he was
psychotic and three of the clinical opinion that his delusions fell short of the necessary criteria for psychosis. Lawyer Herbert Adlerberg was assigned to represent Chapman but, amid threats of
lynching, withdrew.
.^ The two officers transported Lennon to Roosevelt Hospital in the back of their squad car as they thought John was too badly hurt to take the risk of waiting for an ambulance.- John Lennon Death Anniversary | PunditGuy 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.punditguy.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Drawing from the prison diaries of Mark David Chapman, THE KILLING OF JOHN LENNON imagines what it might be like inside the assassin's mind.
^ The second police team at the Dakota, Officers Bill Gamble and James Moran, took Lennon to Roosevelt Hospital.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
[17]
.^ When the case went to trial, they tried to force him to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, but he insisted on pleading guilty of second degree murder.- XXLmag.com - » Where do the ducks go in winter, Diddy? 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.xxlmag.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ John Lennon is shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.- Daily Minute: Tuesday, Dec. 8 - Taunton, MA - The Taunton Gazette 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.tauntongazette.com [Source type: News]
^ Mark David Chapman changes his plea to guilty and is sentenced to prison for mudering John Lennon.- The 80s Server - Timeline - 1981 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.80s.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ New York: Clarkion Books, 1993.- First Lady Lesson Plan: Mrs. Robinson and Other Historical Songs 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.firstladies.org [Source type: General]
^ Chapman was a former student at Decatur’s Columbia High School when he gunned down the Beatles legend in December 1980 in New York City.- Atlanta Metro News | ajc.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.ajc.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ And then the urges started building in me again to do this crime, and I flew back to New York on December 6th and checked into a hotel, and then on the day of December 8th, stayed outside the Dakota waiting for him with intent to shoot and kill him.- Dr. Winston O'Boogie's Photo Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
[19] .^ When the case went to trial, they tried to force him to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, but he insisted on pleading guilty of second degree murder.- XXLmag.com - » Where do the ducks go in winter, Diddy? 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.xxlmag.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ When the case went to trial, they tried to force him to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, but he insisted on pleading guilty of second degree murder.- XXLmag.com - » Where do the ducks go in winter, Diddy? 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.xxlmag.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Mark David Chapman changes his plea to guilty and is sentenced to prison for mudering John Lennon.- The 80s Server - Timeline - 1981 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.80s.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He didn't talk too much," Mark David Chapman told Court TV during an interview from the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
.^ Finally, the decision to strip Mark David Chapman (John Lennon's killer) of any humanity makes the narrative decidedly one note.
.^ When the case went to trial, they tried to force him to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, but he insisted on pleading guilty of second degree murder.- XXLmag.com - » Where do the ducks go in winter, Diddy? 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.xxlmag.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In another interview also published on Tuesday, Chapman told London's Daily Express he might have killed the British musician -- who would have been 60 on Oct.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ In an interview to be aired on Court TV the day before the hearing, Chapman said he thinks Lennon would have wanted him to be set free.- Dr. Winston O'Boogie's Photo Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
.^ If Mark Chapman did not have murdered him, he would not be the idol he is today....- Jared Leto Is Mark David Chapman - Stereogum 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC stereogum.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Would you kill Mark Chapman?- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Foogle Business - Lyrics of John Winston Ono-Lennon - John Lenon - Listen to Imagine - Words & Music - Information About His Life Story - Yoko Ono - Mark Chapman - Paul McCartney - Genius [ Lennon, lenon, Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun ] - Imagine 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: General]
^ In another interview also published on Tuesday, Chapman told London's Daily Express he might have killed the British musician -- who would have been 60 on Oct.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
.^ When the case went to trial, they tried to force him to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, but he insisted on pleading guilty of second degree murder.- XXLmag.com - » Where do the ducks go in winter, Diddy? 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.xxlmag.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Chapman, who did not run after the shooting, said police who came running treated him with scorn.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ January 6 Mark David Chapman pleads not guilty by insanity to the John Lennon murder charge.- The 80s Server - Timeline - 1981 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.80s.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[7][20][21]
On August 24, the
sentencing hearing took place. Two psychiatrists gave evidence on Chapman's behalf.
.^ Chapman was sentenced to life in prison since there have been no executions in New York state for more than 25 years.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ How do you react to those who say that we shouldn't interview the Mark David Chapmans, there shouldn't be television shows or books.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ There should be no question that murderers need to be imprisoned for life.- New Insights Into John Lennon’s Killer - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com [Source type: General]
.^ The Los Angeles District Attorney's office said it was making its request "in the interests of justice" after receiving a sworn statement from a defense witness.- Bartcop Entertainment - Thursday, 10 October, 2002 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.suprmchaos.com [Source type: General]
.^ She said, Mark, why did you do it?- Mark David Chapman quotes, quotations, phrases, words 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.icelebz.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Even if Chapman was set up to kill Lennon the truth is that Chapman was the one that pulled the trigger, Chapman did it in broad daylight, he was the one that bears the responsibility for the choice he made.
^ Oct 10, 2006 at 8:10 am WHY would Mark David Chapman even be considered for parole?- What Mark David Chapman Took From Me - Comments Page 2 - Blogcritics Music 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC blogcritics.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
When Chapman was asked if he had anything to say, he rose and read a passage from
The Catcher in the Rye, when Holden tells his little sister, Phoebe, what he wants to do with his life:
.^ Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I was a maintenance man at the time, and before that I worked as a security guard, and these were all jobs in keeping with what I thought I could do.- Mark David Chapman quotes, quotations, phrases, words 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.icelebz.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Reply Score = 0 Good thing these pictures are all over the internet and elsewhere...seeing as how I'm probably never going to go see this film....- Jared Leto Is Mark David Chapman - Stereogum 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC stereogum.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around — nobody big, I mean — except me.
.^ And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ If you don't talk to somebody, you're going to end up like me.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ I didn't even know if the bullets were going to work, and when they worked, I remember thinking, they're working they're working.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ If they ever put me out of here, of course I'll start killing people again.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
That's all I do all day.
.^ I'd just be the catcher in the rye.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ "My wish is for all of you to someday read The Catcher in the Rye" Mark Chapman would say when it was all over; he inscribed his copy for police: "This is my statement."- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This my sound wierd me being a Huge Lennon fan and all but "The Catcher In The Rye" is my very favorite book i've read it 3 times and i'm only 14.- Jared Leto Is Mark David Chapman - Stereogum 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC stereogum.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Chapman will spend his life incarcerated as he should.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman was sentenced to life in prison since there have been no executions in New York state for more than 25 years.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ He was sentenced 20 years to life.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
[22]
Life in Attica
.^ New York: Outside of downtown .- John Lennon: News & Videos about John Lennon - CNN.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC topics.edition.cnn.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman was a former student at Decatur’s Columbia High School when he gunned down the Beatles legend in December 1980 in New York City.- Atlanta Metro News | ajc.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.ajc.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Camping outside Lennon's apartment in New York waiting for an autograph, Chapman's childlike obsession with this "celebrity phony" descends into madness.- The Killing of John Lennon Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rottentomatoes.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Chapman
fasted for 26 days in February 1982. After the
New York State Supreme Court authorized the state to
force feed him, Dr. Martin Von Holden, the director of the Central New York Psychiatric Center, said Chapman still refused to eat with other inmates but agreed to take liquid nutrients.
[23].^ CHAPMAN: It's a maximum-security prison.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ John Lennon is shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.- Daily Minute: Tuesday, Dec. 8 - Taunton, MA - The Taunton Gazette 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.tauntongazette.com [Source type: News]
^ But the odds are strongly against Chapman's release now or ever, said inmate advocate Robert Gangi of the Correctional Association of New York.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ In the New York interview, Chapman talks about the day of the killing, which he spent outside the Dakota apartment building on Manhattan's fashionable Central Park West.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
He has his own prison cell, but "spends most of his day outside his cell working on housekeeping and in the library".
[24]
It is also reported that Chapman works in the prison as a legal clerk and kitchen helper, but otherwise his activities are severely curtailed.
.^ Chapman, currently serving a 20 years-to-life sentence in Attica prison for the Lennon slaying, will spend at least another two years behind bars before having another parole hearing.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman, serving a life sentence in Attica prison for the 1980 murder, was denied release by a three-member state Parole Board panel.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman, serving life at upstate Attica prison, bared his thoughts one week before he's scheduled to go before the parole board in a bid to win his freedom.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
He is also prohibited from attending the prison's violence and
anger management classes due to concern for his safety.
Chapman reportedly likes to read and write
short stories. In his parole board hearing in 2004 he described his plans, if paroled, as follows: "I would immediately try to find a job, and I really want to go from place to place, at least in the state, church to church, and tell people what happened to me and point them the way to
Christ." He also said that he thought that there was a possibility he could find work as a farmhand or return to his previous trade as a printer.
[25] .^ If you wanted to set me free, that's up to you.- Mark David Chapman quotes, quotations, phrases, words 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.icelebz.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[26].^ He is also allowed 2 conjugal visits with his skank wife Gloria Abe Chapman a year and that ain’t fair at all.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
^ I put down for the family reunion program, and people started coming to see me on a regular basis.- Mark David Chapman quotes, quotations, phrases, words 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.icelebz.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ If he is denied parole, Chapman will probably be ordered held for two more years before he gets another hearing.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
[25][27] .^ His wife Gloria has visited him in prison, where he is held apart from other inmates.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
He gets occasional visits from his sister, a few friends, clerics, and his wife.
.^ CHAPMAN: I'm upstairs with three other inmates, and they're carefully screened.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ But the odds are strongly against Chapman's release now or ever, said inmate advocate Robert Gangi of the Correctional Association of New York.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman, serving a life sentence in Attica prison for the 1980 murder, was denied release by a three-member state Parole Board panel.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
[28]
Parole applications and campaigns
Chapman has been denied parole five times, by a three-member board, in closed hearings lasting less than an hour, in October 2000, October 2002, October 2004, October 2006, and August 2008.
.^ Also, I left off the part that Yoko Ono sent a letter to the parole board that Chapman should not be released a few years ago.- Mark David Chapman denied parole again - Page 2 - DVD Talk Forum 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC forum.dvdtalk.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Chapman's wife was Japanese and, interestingly, also heavily into the occult (as was Yoko Ono).As I'm sure you're ware, Chapman lived in Hawaii.- What Mark David Chapman Took From Me - Comments Page 2 - Blogcritics Music 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC blogcritics.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Originally Posted by wm lopez Also, I left off the part that Yoko Ono sent a letter to the parole board that Chapman should not be released a few years ago.- Mark David Chapman denied parole again - Page 2 - DVD Talk Forum 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC forum.dvdtalk.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[29][30] In addition, State Senator
Michael Nozzolio, chairman of the Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee, wrote to Parole Board Chairman Brion Travis saying that "It is the responsibility of the New York State Parole Board to ensure that public safety is protected from the release of dangerous criminals like Mark David Chapman."
[31]
.^ Through voice-over narration, dialogue, and poignant one-person scenes, Piddington follows Chapman's dark, dangerous descent that results in cold-blooded murder.- The Killing of John Lennon Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rottentomatoes.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ CHAPMAN: As a lifer, which is what we call ourselves across the country, people who are in prison for murder or worse, and who are doing life will try to take it a day at a time.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Mark David Chapman, murderer of John Lennon, was again denied parole, this time on what would have been Lennon's 62nd birthday.- What Mark David Chapman Took From Me - Comments Page 2 - Blogcritics Music 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC blogcritics.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
He also spoke about regret for the murder's effect on Yoko Ono.
[25] .^ "The parole board is not going to risk the political heat by releasing Chapman."- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ If the parole board grants Chapman's release, he would leave Attica Dec.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Additionally, this panel strongly believes that your release to parole supervision at this time would deprecate the seriousness of the crime and serve to undermine respect for the law.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
.^ This panel also recognizes that, because of your continued special housing status, you have been unable to avail yourself of anti-violence and/or anti-aggression programming.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ During your incarceration, you have maintained an exemplary disciplinary record which this panel has noted and considered.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
[32]
.^ But the odds are strongly against Chapman's release now or ever, said inmate advocate Robert Gangi of the Correctional Association of New York.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman being released," Gangi said.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ "The parole board is not going to risk the political heat by releasing Chapman."- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
[33]
.^ No punishment would ever fit this crime.- What Mark David Chapman Took From Me - Comments Page 2 - Blogcritics Music 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC blogcritics.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ "The parole board is not going to risk the political heat by releasing Chapman."- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ If the parole board grants Chapman's release, he would leave Attica Dec.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
[34]
.^ Originally Posted by twikoff i wonder how many of the parole board meetings the op has attended i can imagine the interview has gone something like this board: do you have any remorse for what you have done?- Mark David Chapman denied parole again - Page 3 - DVD Talk Forum 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC forum.dvdtalk.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Chapman, 45, has a parole board hearing Oct.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ If he is denied parole, Chapman will probably be ordered held for two more years before he gets another hearing.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
The board declined parole again.
.^ Despite having a record of good behavior since 1994, the parole board once again denied Chapman’s parole, citing “concern for the public safety and welfare.” Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono also lobbied against Chapman’s release.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
^ Shortly before Lennon was mudered, Yoko Ono was having a protracted affair with a colleague, Sam Greene.- What Mark David Chapman Took From Me - Comments Page 2 - Blogcritics Music 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC blogcritics.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Also, I left off the part that Yoko Ono sent a letter to the parole board that Chapman should not be released a few years ago.- Mark David Chapman denied parole again - Page 2 - DVD Talk Forum 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC forum.dvdtalk.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[24] .^ It will be many years before he is released, not because this is justice, but because there will be several thousands of people around the planet, waiting for him.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ But the odds are strongly against Chapman's release now or ever, said inmate advocate Robert Gangi of the Correctional Association of New York.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ CHAPMAN: As a lifer, which is what we call ourselves across the country, people who are in prison for murder or worse, and who are doing life will try to take it a day at a time.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
Lennon fans were threatening retribution if he were to be released.
[35]
.^ For his own safety, he shouldn’t be released.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
^ Next parole is during October 2006.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ If released, he told the board in his fifth and latest parole hearing, he was prepared to accept a job on a farm in upstate New York, though he could provide few details about what he would be doing.- New Insights Into John Lennon’s Killer - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com [Source type: General]
[36][37]
.^ CHAPMAN: Against the death of John Lennon?- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Despite having a record of good behavior since 1994, the parole board once again denied Chapman’s parole, citing “concern for the public safety and welfare.” Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono also lobbied against Chapman’s release.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman said a recent statement from Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, that she was violently shaking after witnessing the murder haunted him so much he said he considered skipping his parole hearing.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
[38]
.^ Mark David Chapman denied parole again .- Mark David Chapman denied parole again - Page 2 - DVD Talk Forum 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC forum.dvdtalk.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This was the second time Chapman's parole was denied.- Bartcop Entertainment - Thursday, 10 October, 2002 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.suprmchaos.com [Source type: General]
^ Despite having a record of good behavior since 1994, the parole board once again denied Chapman’s parole, citing “concern for the public safety and welfare.” Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono also lobbied against Chapman’s release.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
He will next be up for parole in August 2010.
[39]
Motivation and mental health
.^ To outsiders Chapman was a normal type of guy, he a Boy Scout leader.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
He retreated from a very early age into a fantasy world."
[40] .^ Unfortunately, Lennon remarks on their success during an interview with Maureen Cleave in March of 1966 claiming the Beatles were, "bigger than Jesus."- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Some fans who gathered Tuesday at Central Park's Strawberry Fields, which is dedicated to Lennon, said they hoped Chapman would be denied parole.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ I am a huge Beatles/Lennon fan..in fact, I went to NYC recently just to see the Dakota and Strawberry Fields.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
.^ He said he asked, "Are you John Lennon?"- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ CHAPMAN: Against the death of John Lennon?- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ And I was very nervous and I was right in front of John Lennon instantly, and I had a black, Bic pen and I said, John, would you sign my album.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Chapman was sentenced to life in prison since there have been no executions in New York state for more than 25 years.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ But as time went on, Mark seemed increasingly to fear for his sanity; he had lived through more than his share of bad trips.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Recalling Lennon's observation in 1966 that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus, Mark laughed with his friends, seeing truth in Lennon's sardonic boast.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
He said it was
blasphemy.
.^ John Lennon had a new song.- John Lennon: News & Videos about John Lennon - CNN.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC topics.edition.cnn.com [Source type: General]
^ Hawaii, about John Lennon.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ CHAPMAN: Against the death of John Lennon?- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ "John Lennon represented a vision of hope, peace and love," Nozzolio, wrote to Parole Board Chairman Brion Travis.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Some fans who gathered Tuesday at Central Park's Strawberry Fields, which is dedicated to Lennon, said they hoped Chapman would be denied parole.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ He recently said in an interview that Lennon would have wanted him to be released.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
Chapman later said that "He told us to
imagine no possessions, and there he was, with millions of dollars and yachts and farms and country estates, laughing at people like me who had believed the lies and bought the records and built a big part of their lives around his music."
[41]
.^ Mark Chapman went to trial and bizarre details came out about the disturbed loner, who apparently was obsessed not only with Lennon, but also with the popular novel Catcher in the Rye .- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The police said he had dropped the revolver after firing it, and said Chapman had a paperback book, J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye," and a cassette recorder with 14 hours of Beatles tapes.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ MARK DAVID CHAPMAN: "Then this morning I went to the bookstore and bought The Catcher in the Rye .- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
He was particularly influenced by protagonist Holden Caulfield's
polemics against "phoniness" in society, and the need to protect people, especially children. He was holding a copy of the book when he murdered Lennon, in which he had written "This is my statement."
.^ KING: J.D. Salinger, who has not been heard from in years -- he's reclusive -- wrote "Catcher in the Rye," a book read by millions, admired by millions.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
[42] .^ "My wish is for all of you to someday read The Catcher in the Rye" Mark Chapman would say when it was all over; he inscribed his copy for police: "This is my statement."- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I am doing my highschool senior project on literature causing violance and how Catcher in the Rye in conflict with the bible cause Chapman to go insane.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman said that Lennon was kind and open to him, and eerily, even asked him twice, if an autograph was all he wanted.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Also, Yoko will not be killed because she is not John Lennon.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
^ He recently said in an interview that Lennon would have wanted him to be released.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ CHAPMAN: I wanted him to stay because I wanted out of there.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Chapman said a recent statement from Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, that she was violently shaking after witnessing the murder haunted him so much he said he considered skipping his parole hearing.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ It's easy if you try" And thought "Why would Yoko be banging Mark David Chapman?- FARK.com: (3795018) Imagine the killer of John Lennon enjoying conjugal visits with his wife in prison. It's easy if you try 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.fark.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ There would be no promotion, his friend Tharp told him gently when Mark's frequent hints and feelers turned insistent.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ I would kill him for killing the awesome singer John Lennon.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ You murdered the victim, John Lennon, when you fired a .38 special caliber Charter Arm revolver, filled with hollow-point bullets.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Despite having a record of good behavior since 1994, the parole board once again denied Chapman’s parole, citing “concern for the public safety and welfare.” Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono also lobbied against Chapman’s release.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
and that he didn't believe in the Beatles.
.^ After The Beatles broke up 10 years earlier, all four of the “lads” put out separate work and for me, anyway, Lennon’s was my least… .- John Lennon Death Anniversary | PunditGuy 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.punditguy.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ JONES: I don't think he wants to get out.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ "There's always that potential person who wants to make a name for himself by saying, I'm the guy who killed the guy who killed the guy,'" he says.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ CHAPMAN: I don't think she screamed, but a few minutes after that there was just a blood-curdling scream from someone and it put the hair on the back of my neck straight up.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ I believed in the things he was saying, and I believe he did too, by the way.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He doesn't condone what I did -- and that's a very important thing -- he didn't like what I did 12 years ago.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Do you say, like, today I am going to finish this book, write this thing?- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ I was going through a number of years of their basic isolation, no visits except for my wife, Gloria.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ At that point my big part won and I wanted to go back to my hotel, but I couldnt.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ CHAPMAN: Mark David Chapman at that point was a walking shell who didn't ever learn how to let out his feelings of anger, of rage, of disappointment.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ "My wish is for all of you to someday read The Catcher in the Rye" Mark Chapman would say when it was all over; he inscribed his copy for police: "This is my statement."- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I am doing my highschool senior project on literature causing violance and how Catcher in the Rye in conflict with the bible cause Chapman to go insane.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
^ The police said he had dropped the revolver after firing it, and said Chapman had a paperback book, J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye," and a cassette recorder with 14 hours of Beatles tapes.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
[41] .^ But you're right; he was basically a very sensitive person and he probably would not have killed anybody as I did.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ CHAPMAN: Holden wasn't violent, but he had a violent thought of shooting someone, of emptying a revolver into this fellow's stomach, someone that had done him wrong.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Maybe John would have given him a second chance, but I would kill that deranged zero on the spot with my bare hands.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
.^ But that's fiction and reality was standing in front the Dakota.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
[43]
Following the murder, Chapman underwent dozens of assessments by different psychiatrists.
.^ Keep in mind that EVERYONE who has been murdered has had a father/mother.- Mark David Chapman denied parole again - Page 2 - DVD Talk Forum 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC forum.dvdtalk.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Inwardly, he told psychiatrists, he lived in dread of his father, who he said beat his mother.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
He spoke of his identification with Holden Caulfield and with
Dorothy of
The Wizard of Oz, and his conferences with the "Little People," an imaginary set of people with whom he interacted and from whom he took guidance.
.^ Chapman told the panel that within a month of deciding to kill Lennon, he thought up "a substitute list" consisting of several names.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman thought he was going to kill Lennon then, but he was so overwhelmed with actually seeing John and his kindness, he forget all about his mission.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The inmate cited feelings such as "vanity," "jealousy," "anger" and "stupidity" as reasons he wanted to kill Lennon and other celebrities.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
.^ To all the people that say Free Chapman should think about this.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman told the panel that within a month of deciding to kill Lennon, he thought up "a substitute list" consisting of several names.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ In another interview also published on Tuesday, Chapman told London's Daily Express he might have killed the British musician -- who would have been 60 on Oct.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
Please, Mr. President. Think of your mother. Think of yourself."
.^ Chapman told the panel that within a month of deciding to kill Lennon, he thought up "a substitute list" consisting of several names.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ The only friends he had, were in his mixed up mind, and he made little models of his imaginary family.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[11].^ But the odds are strongly against Chapman's release now or ever, said inmate advocate Robert Gangi of the Correctional Association of New York.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ In the New York interview, Chapman talks about the day of the killing, which he spent outside the Dakota apartment building on Manhattan's fashionable Central Park West.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ In other interviews, Chapman has theorized that Lennon would have forgiven him and supported his parole bid, but in an interview with The New York Post, Elliot Mintz, a spokesman for Lennon and Ono, said, "John would have loved to have been here to speak for himself."- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
He had attempted suicide three years previously. Overall the psychiatrists concluded that, while
delusional, he was competent to stand trial. However, six were prepared to testify for the defense that Chapman was
psychotic.
.^ Chapman, who did not run after the shooting, said police who came running treated him with scorn.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Some fans who gathered Tuesday at Central Park's Strawberry Fields, which is dedicated to Lennon, said they hoped Chapman would be denied parole.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Inwardly, he told psychiatrists, he lived in dread of his father, who he said beat his mother.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[44] .^ I think the main problem was that my father never talked about life or problems,'' Chapman said.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Grant said the decision will probably be made public Wednesday morning, after Chapman is notified.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman was sentenced to life in prison since there have been no executions in New York state for more than 25 years.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
.^ JACK JONES, AUTHOR, "LET ME TAKE YOU DOWN": I've been with him quite a bit for the past six years.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Journalist Jack Jones has made a habit of probing the criminal mind.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
[43]
.^ Chapman, 45, has a parole board hearing Oct.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ CHAPMAN: Against the death of John Lennon?- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ John Lennon, nevertheless, is now immortal.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
I did then. I saw him as a cardboard cutout on an album cover. I was very young and stupid, and you get caught up in the media and the records and the music.
.^ John Lennon, nevertheless, is now immortal.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He told his wife he was going to kill John Lennon and I guess she just ignored the fact that he was being serious.- What Mark David Chapman Took From Me - Blogcritics Music 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC blogcritics.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ CHAPMAN: I regret that the most, because John Lennon wasn't the only person to die because of this.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ So if you have nothing to start with, and your life consists of fantasizing about celebrities or being with them, that can become very dangerous.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
[16]
.^ Chapman would be under the supervision of a parole officer the rest of his life.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ He said he asked, "Are you John Lennon?"- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Chapman, 45, has a parole board hearing Oct.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
I was in a very confused, dark place. I was looking for reasons to vent all that anger and confusion and low self-esteem."
.^ "He really believed in mind expansion.- Descent into Madness : People.com 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.people.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I just didn't want them in my cell.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ I really didn't want his signature, I wanted his life.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
[45]
Media and film
.^ Chapman, serving a life sentence in Attica prison for the 1980 murder, was denied release by a three-member state Parole Board panel.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ New York state's Attica prison, where he has spent the last 20 years for the murder that stunned the world.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ He didn't talk too much," Mark David Chapman told Court TV during an interview from the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
James R. Gaines interviewed him and wrote a three-part, 18,000-word
People magazine series in February and March 1987. Chapman told the parole board it was an interview "which I regret." Chapman later gave a series of interviews to Jack Jones of the
Rochester,
New York-based
Democrat and Chronicle newspaper.
.^ I blame myself for crawling inside of the book and I certainly want to say that J.D. Salinger and "The Catcher in the Rye" didn't cause me to kill John Lennon.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Mark, why are you blaming a book?- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ John Lennon ] was a countercultural revolutionary, and the government takes that kind of shit really seriously historically.- *�* Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine | Book of Days | May 10 |Victoria Claflin Woodhull John Wilkes Sepoy Rebellion Kilauea Volcano 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.wilsonsalmanac.com [Source type: General]
.^ Chapman, 45, has a parole board hearing Oct.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ October 3, 2000 Lennon's Killer Asks for Release By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer ATTICA, N.Y. (AP) - Mark David Chapman, the man who shot John Lennon to death 20 years ago, sought parole for the first time Tuesday.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ If he is denied parole, Chapman will probably be ordered held for two more years before he gets another hearing.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
.^ CHAPMAN: Tried not to, praying not to, but knowing down deep it was probably going to come to that.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
He told the parole board that the program "took a lot out of context, but that's okay." and that "Those three hours later were really great, because I was able really – it was like a
confession almost.
.^ Television viewers will be able to see preparations for a space launch happen in real time, the First Channel reported.- Bartcop Entertainment - Thursday, 10 October, 2002 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.suprmchaos.com [Source type: General]
^ I was really mad at him [for] not having any money for my mother, getting divorced, and supposedly selling the house and spending the money on a fling or something.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ But if I ever have the chance to kill this subject, my heart will arise saying "KILL HIM, KILL HIM, KILL HIM" and I probably will.- Foogle Business - John Winston Ono-Lennon - Mark David Chapman - Imagine - Murdered byChapman - What should happen to Mark Chapman - Genius [ Lennon, lenon,Lenin, lennin, lenen, lennen, lenun, lennun 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.thesahara.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Chapman's experiences during the weekend on which he committed the murder have been turned in to a feature-length movie called
Chapter 27.
.^ Meanwhile, in Honolulu, a mentally ill man checked out "John Lennon: One Day at a Time" from a public library, and became convinced that Lennon was a hypocrite.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ I also think the parole board should see the movies “Chapter 27″ and “The Killing of John Lennon” every 2 years before he comes up before them and he’s sure to be turned down.- Mark David Chapman Denied Parole A Fifth Time : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC www.rollingstone.com [Source type: General]
^ According to the autopsy, two shots struck John Lennon in the left side of his back and two in his left shoulder.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
Chapter 27 premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival in January 2007 and received mostly negative reviews. The film had a limited release in theaters in the
United States in March 2008.
[47] Chapter 27 was released widely onto
DVD on September 30, 2008.
.^ Tracing the three months leading up to Chapman's murder of John Lennon on Dec.
^ Drawing from the prison diaries of Mark David Chapman, THE KILLING OF JOHN LENNON imagines what it might be like inside the assassin's mind.
^ His latest subject is John Lennon's assassin, Mark David Chapman, who we just spent most of this program with.- CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
[48]
.^ The police said he had dropped the revolver after firing it, and said Chapman had a paperback book, J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye," and a cassette recorder with 14 hours of Beatles tapes.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
Following its release, Rhino recalled the record and replaced it with another cover.
[49]
Musician
Rick Springfield released a song on his 2008 album
Venus In Overdrive entitled "3 Warning Shots," a song which describes Chapman's actions/state of mind on December 8th, 1980.
.^ But the odds are strongly against Chapman's release now or ever, said inmate advocate Robert Gangi of the Correctional Association of New York.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ In the New York interview, Chapman talks about the day of the killing, which he spent outside the Dakota apartment building on Manhattan's fashionable Central Park West.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ Gangi said those who committed violent crimes in New York are almost never granted release on their initial parole hearing.- John Lennon Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory 7 January 2010 4:35 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
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- ^ a b c Crime Library Two Marks
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- ^ a b Crime Library To the Brink and Back
- ^ Crime Library Is That All You Want?
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- ^ "Police Trace Tangled Path Leading To Lennon's Slaying at the Dakota" by Paul L. Montgomery, The New York Times, December 10, 1980, pp. A1,B6 (unverified quotes attributed to NYPD Chief of Detectives James T. Sullivan and in turn to an unnamed witness)
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- ^ 1981: Chapman pleads guilty to Lennon murder
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- ^ Text of Ono's 2000 letter sent to parole hearings, from the BBC
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- ^ Parole denied to Lennon killer Mark Chapman
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- ^ PLATOS LASER: Mark Chapman, el asesino de Lennon
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External links
Bibliography
- Let Me Take You Down, Inside The Mind of Mark David Chapman, The Man Who Shot John Lennon, Villard Books, reporter Jack Jones
- Who Killed John Lennon St. Martin's Press, November 1990, Fenton Bresler, ISBN 978-0312923679
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