John Lennon was shot dead on this day in 1980. Here’s how The Irish Times paid tribute
On Wednesday, December 10th, 1980, two days after John Lennon was killed, The Irish Times’ front page led with the news that Mark David Chapman had been charged with his murder.
It was one of six Irish Times stories that day about the former Beatle, who was shot dead, at the age of 40, outside his home at the Dakota building in New York. Maev-Ann Wren wrote an accompanying front-page article about Lennon, headlined “Irish and proud of it”, that described his Irish background – the singer and songwriter’s grandfather Jack Lennon was born in Dublin.
Inside the paper, all of page nine was given over to John Lennon. The articles included appreciations by Deaglán de Bréadún – headlined “Sixties die with Lennon in New York” – and by Joe Breen, which we reproduce below.
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