When John Lennon died on December 8th, 1980, the musical landscape changed forever. Not least for his former partner, Paul McCartney.

Monday, Dec. 8, marks the 45th anniversary of John Lennon’s murder. He died in New York City at the age of 40 when he was gunned down outside his apartment building. The man convicted of killing ...

December 8th remains a tragic day in the annals of popular music. On that date in 1980, John Lennon was shot to death in the archway of his New York City apartment by a gun-wielding Beatles fan ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fans have remembered John Lennon on the 40th anniversary of the former Beatle's death with flowers, candles and songs in New York's Central Park. In the Strawberry Fields section steps ...

On Dec. 8, 1980, the world lost a cultural icon when John Lennon was shot and killed outside of his apartment in New York. It’s hard to believe 40 years have passed since Lennon’s untimely death at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty-five years ago, on December 8, 1980, John Lennon was murdered outside his New York City home. Lennon worked alongside music ...

Tom Petty included this subtle tribute to John Lennon after tragedy struck in the middle of Petty recording his album 'Hard ...

NEW YORK -- Music fans in New York City and around the world are marking what would have been John Lennon's 80th birthday. Lennon was born October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England. He grew up to be one ...

John Lennon died on December 8, 1980. Fifteen years later, he was, in a way, in a recording studio with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. That's not quite the paradox it sounds like.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Among the musicians who remember that tragic night well is Steven Gustafson, the bass player and a founding member of 10,000 ...