Chapman assassinated the beloved 40-year-old Beatle outside the Dakota apartment building in New York City on Dec. 8, 1980.

John Lennon's assassin Mark David Chapman had wanted to murder The Beatles star two months before he killed him in December ...

Hours later, as the couple came home, Chapman was waiting. He drew a .38-caliber revolver and fired five shots, hitting ...

He called it "selfish" and admitted that he carried out the murder in a desperate attempt to become “famous.” Despite his appeal, the parole board denied Chapman’s request, and he remains incarcerated ...