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【答案解析】[解析] On December 8, 1980, John Lennon was gunned down in front of his New York City apartment building. Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono had just let1 a recording studio in New York at about 10:30 p.m. on that fateful night 21 years ago, and when the couple reached their home, the now legendary Dakota, Lennon was shot repeatedly by 25 year-old fan Mark David Chapman. Lennon died soon after of massive blood loss and was pronounced dead on arrival at Roosevelt Hospital. Lennon's legacy is his phenomenal body of work, both as a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist. Lennon's very public murder raised security issues for celebrities henceforward, since being approachable and accessible is a large part of being an entertainer, even when it often constitutes an invasion of privacy. Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg spoke with LAUNCH some time ago about his own personal fears. "I've had privacy problems, especially in the 90s, with overzealous fans—obsessive fans—and I've had to limit what gets to me and what gets to my friends and my loved ones. And, unfortunately, that's part of celebrity, I am not as approachable as I perhaps would like to be, you know?" That's an unfortunate part of our time: The security threats to people. ! mean, we are in New York City. John Lennon was killed here by his own fan. "It's a consideration you unfortunately have to deal with in any aspect of public life," he said.
When was John Lennon killed by his own fan?