lennon arrives in new york city. he goes to the da kkota shortly before noon, he will spend the next two days waiting for jon lennon. who was mark david chapman? on december 8th, 1980, mark david chapman, was a confused person, and living inside of a paperback novel. he was moving from a suicide to catching the first taxi home between killing, as you said is, an icon. he checks in with his wife back hawaii, after hanging up, chapman takes the bible out of the suitcase and turns to the new testament book of john, and