A turning point in life of the counterculture icon John Lennon arrived with the simple proclamation: “[The Beatles] are more popular than Jesus now”.

Getty Images Lennon was shot dead by Mark David Chapman in the city on Dec. 8, 1980 at the age of 40. Lennon’s name appears to the left of the portrait, while the word “Imagine” features on ...

Over three dozen other candid photos of Lennon will be available to purchase ... he was shot and killed in front of the apartment building by Mark David Chapman.

Carl Perkins wrote a song from the heart that inadvertently helped Paul McCartney process John Lennon's death.

When John Lennon died in 1980, his wife Yoko Ono was distraught. An excerpt from David Sheff's new biography 'Yoko' shared exclusively with PEOPLE recounts the terrible moment she learned she'd lost ...

Lennon was shot dead by Mark David Chapman in the city on Dec. 8, 1980 at the age of 40. Lennon’s name appears to the left of the portrait, while the word “Imagine” features on the right ...

Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to the murder of Lennon and was sentenced to 20 years to life imprisonment. He has remained in prison ever since, having been denied parole ten times due to ...

Lennon was shot dead by Mark David Chapman in the city on Dec. 8, 1980, at the age of 40. Enjoy the latest local, national and international news. Enjoy the latest local, national and ...

Susan Wood/Getty John Lennon’s tragic death in 1980 forever ... The former Beatle was just 40 years old when Mark David Chapman shot and killed him outside the Dakota apartment building in ...