killed record sales for double fantasy rocketed. there was no funeral held for john lennon. instead, yoko ono asked for ten minutes of silence around the world on sunday, december 14. photographer allen tannenbaum was at the vigil held in central park. there was so many people there. john meant a lot to new yorkers. john was one of us and i think everybody was feeling terrible that something like this could happen in new york city and it was a very emotional tribute to john. he was one of the originals. i mean there will never be another person like him again. i think that it is very hard for are me to feel that we are not together any more. and you are looking to grow very old together. yes. chapman killed john lennon
what caused it i don t know but there came a time when something wasn t working and youngsters he co-suggested that john go d.c and yoko suggested that he go to los angeles and he did. life in los angeles was a disaster. when wasn t in drug sessions with producer phil specter recording an album of 50s oldies recording rock and roll most of his time was spent in clubs where he was rejected for drunken behavior. it was a low point in his life. he drank too much. if there was anything negative i could say about my old pal, john lennon was a lousy drinker. although his former assistant had become his girlfriend yoko remained foremost in his mind. his only wish and only desire was to get back to the only woman he ever loved in his life which was yoko ono.
jesus. don t you forget what the beatles have said. take the beatle record and paraphernalia to any one of the 41 pickup points. while on tour lennon apologized. i just said what i said and it was wrong or was taken wrong and now it is all that 1966 tour would be their last. they had been living in a goldfish bowl and they were tired of it. despite the controversy, and with their concert days behind them, the band soldiered on in the studio, producing some of the most revolutionary rock music ever recorded. they took this huge musical leaps. they wanted to be sort of part of the avongarde. the pursuit led him to a new love in november of 1966. in a london art gallery the still married 26-year-old beatle met a 33-year-old japanese conceptual artist named yoko ono.
cop and looked like yoko ono to me. i realized i had to get to a phone. officer tony palma was with yoko ono. my partner came into the waiting room and says you know it is john lennon we brought it and i then i looked at her and i said oh, man, this is yoko o ono. aapproximately 11:10 or 11:15 that evening john lennon was pronounced dead. and then dr. lynn had to face a wife and tell her that her husband was dead. i said to her i have bad news for you, your husband has died in spite of all of our resuscitative efforts. her response was strong and immediate and it was no, it can t be, you re lying, tell me it s not true, he s not dead. she was literally lying on the floor of the emergency department then concrete banging her head against the floor. i put my hand behind her head
i was in the car and the people outside were saying wits john lennon, john lennon was shot. as they were placing him across the back seat i asked if he was john lenen and i heard a yes, we went down columbus avenue, the light and siren all the way. back of the dakota a fran take yoko ono followed them into the street. i didn t know t was her and she wanted to get in the car but i didn t think it was a good idea so i held her and i says we will take you in our car. they drove yoko to roosevelt hospital. steve spyro and peter cullen prepared to take mark david chapman to the 20th precinct. we put him in the back seat of the patrol car and started going into our precinct and at one point he said he apologized to us for ruining our night. id said boy, you got to be crazy. i said you just ruined your life. coming up, meet the man who literally held john lennon s