Central Park West: The death of John Lennon

Most people know the Dakota Building as the former home of John Lennon - and present home of his wife Yoko Ono, who owns a number of the apartments. It was outside the Dakota, on the night of December 8, 1980, that Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman, who had been hanging around outside the building all day to get Lennon's autograph.

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