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John Lennon shot outside Dakota ends era in shock
On a New York night John Lennon was shot outside the Dakota apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side. He died at Roosevelt Hospital after seven chest back and arm wounds. Police described the suspect as a 25 year old Hawaii resident with no clear motive. Lennon, 40, had just returned to music with the album Double Fantasy after a five year break with Yoko Ono and son Sean.
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