outside the dakota. at one point he even met shawn lennon and his nanny. chapman came from behind her, reached around to shake shawn s hand. and then he commented to her, he s a beautiful little boy, isn t he? meanwhile, inside the dakota, lennon was beginning the last day of his life. it was a busy one. starting with the now famous photo shoot for rolling stone magazine. as the shoot was wrapping up, he would be the last person to interview john lennon. what kind of mood was he? i would say his mood through this entire interview was very upbeat, very optimistic at the time, i was so young that i couldn t really process it.