![]() because he was very, very, very famous and that's the only reason and I was very, very, very, very much seeking self-glory. ![]() He added at the time: 'I assassinated him. ![]() 'I knew what I was doing, and I knew it was evil, I knew it was wrong, but I wanted the fame so much that I was willing to give everything and take a human life.'Ĭhapman killed Lennon on the night of December 8, 1980, as he and Yoko Ono were returning to their Upper West Side apartment.Įarlier that day, Lennon had signed an autograph for Chapman on a copy of his recently released album, 'Double Fantasy.'Ĭhapman was 25 when he shot Lennon dead outside the musician's apartment building on December 8, 19080, as Lennon (pictured) and wife Yoko Ono were returning to their Upper West Side apartment 'I am not going to blame anything else or anybody else for bringing me there,' Chapman told the board. Mark David Chapman made the comments to a board that denied him parole for a twelfth time, citing his 'selfish disregard for human life of global consequence.'Ĭhapman, in a transcript released by state officials Monday, said the decision to kill Lennon was: 'My big answer to everything. ![]() The man who gunned down John Lennon outside his New York City apartment building in 1980 told a parole board that he knew it was wrong to kill the beloved former Beatle, but that he was seeking fame and had 'evil in my heart.'
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