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It was 40 years ago today...

Annie Deighnaugh

5 years ago

RIP John Lennon.

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maddielee
5 years ago
I still feel the sadness of the day. RIP John.
User
5 years ago
So sad for his family, and for the rest of us he had so much more music to give.
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I was working in Arlington, VA where the Pentagon is located. We are basically across the highway from the Pentagon. We were having a regular work day. I think Glenda was the one that posted something here. I tried looking up CNN and all the other news websites but nothing was there yet. The only TV in our office was in the conference room which was being used. Finally after more commotion, we broke into the meeting to grab the tv and huddled into one office. We all watched in disbelief. We also thought an accident at first. There were so many rumors flying it was hard to know what was real. All day we thought the USA today (newspaper) headquarters was bombed down the road. We heard of car bombs at the Capitol and State Dept. After all the shocking things I had seen, I wasn't surprised by anything. We went outside where people were gathered around car radio's updating everyone. Weather-wise it was a gorgeous blue sky, but it was literally snowing ash from the Penatgon explosion. We could see the smoke plume from the Pentagon and it was black as night. Like pammyfay, I ALWAYS look at the spot where the Pentagon was hit. I can't imagine the people who happen to be driving by at the exact moment the plane hit. I'm shocked there wasn't a massive accident or pile-up? I remember being glued to the TV for 2-3 days and then I couldn't take it anymore. The sadness was overwhelming. I woke up each day and prayed it had been some kind of horrible nightmare. Thankfully I didn't personally know anyone who was killed, but there were lots of weird stories of "I should have been there" "changed my appt at the last minute" etc. and friends of friends, or cousin's cousin. A man from our office building, the floor below, was killed in the Pentagon. They put up a plaque in his honor that I used to see everyday and think about all the people who died that day. But with all the tragedy, I do remember how nice people were to each other. Everyone seemed to come together in common grief and pride in America. I can't believe it's been 11 years now.
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Thanks y'all!! Patti...I've had so many on...memorable ones (Red Skelton, Paul Newman, Bill Cosby and not so nice (Priscilla Presley, Henry Mancini)..and hundreds in between...most of them just want to be left alone but some are thrilled you know who they are...you kinda have to feel them out...Nancy Grace looked like a bag lady and we laughed that this wouldn't be a photo op...Art Linkletter was my first and he was so very kind...I hopped off the plane that night and called my Mom... Glenda...probably millions...and millions...not so much now days...I've only been working 7 or 8 days a month...just enough to keep me full time while I finish the job on this house...I've got bone spurs in my right thumb and they really hurt after a 12 hour day... Yes there are a few I've wanted to open the door and throw out but for the most part I follow the golden rule and it keeps me going!!
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dedtired
5 years ago
A horrible shock to get that news.
sealavender
5 years ago
So sad. I will never forget my roommate screaming...
LoneJack Zn 6a, KC
5 years ago
I wonder if he'd still be alive today. When I lived in NJ I went to his old apartment building next to Central Park and the Strawberry Fields memorial in CP.
Uptown Gal
5 years ago
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"In My Life" and grateful. RIP John...hope you and George are still writing songs.
marilyn_c
5 years ago
I remember. I was laying in bed with my baby, when it came on the TV.
hallngarden
5 years ago
Shocking day. Hubs and I saw Beatles concert in Seattle , August of 1964. Very exciting for this little farmer girl.
jrb451
5 years ago
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Took this back in 2001. Strawberry Fields Central Park, NYC, NY.
murraysmom Zone 6a OH
5 years ago
It's been on the tv news and radio today and I still can't grasp how it could possibly have happened 40 years ago!!! I remember clearly sitting on my waterbed, seeing it being reported on tv. I consider the Beatles to be one of my greatest bands ever. How could 40 years have gone by? How?
petalique
5 years ago
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

It was twenty years ago today
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
They've been going in and out of style
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile

So may I introduce to you
The act you've known for all these years
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
We hope you will enjoy the show
We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sit back and let the evening go

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
It's wonderful to be here
It's certainly a thrill
You're such a lovely audience
We'd like to take you home with us
We'd love to take you home

I don't really wanna stop the show
But I thought that you might like to know
That the singer's gonna sing a song
And he wants you all to sing along

So let me introduce to you
The one and only Billy Shears
And Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: John Lennon / Paul McCartney

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
marilyn_c
5 years ago
I know, murraysmom. It doesn't seem like all that long ago.
nekotish
5 years ago
Hard to beleive it was 40 years ago. When I heard the news, it was one of those moments that you never forget. Roomate and I had just stepped in the door of her boyfriend's place after water aerobics. We were laughing about something, and saw the boyfriend sitting still in a chair with tears streaming down his face.
Kathsgrdn
5 years ago
Time sure does fly, I was staying with a friend and we woke the next morning to the radio announcing it.
chloebud
5 years ago
I was standing at the kitchen sink and DH was watching Monday Night Football. I can still hear Howard Cosell saying "...dead on arrival." Another moment frozen in time.
Rho Dodendron
5 years ago
Waking up local D.J. said "John Lennon killed". My mind wanted to know the rest of her sentence--he killed WHO? I couldn't process the news.
sleeperblues
5 years ago
I was driving home from college and was on the main street in Dekalb, Illinois. Couldn't believe it. I was never a huge Beatles fan, but have since grown to appreciate their genius, and especially that of John.
terilyn
5 years ago
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Now husband and I had been to see The Incredible Shrinking Woman with Lilly Tomlin. We got in the car and saw the sunroof had leaked. We started to my house and heard the news, I cried like a baby.
samkarenorkaren
5 years ago
I remember it...sort off. Selective memory for me. But I still recall where I was when I read Jim Croce died

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