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The world has changed dramatically in the last 40 years. (Hell, that has changed dramatically in the last four years. And in the last four months.)
On the evening of December 8, 1980, some vehicles were present to spread the news quickly, except for the words of Moffat in the wall-mounted telephone. That night, Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon outside Lennon’s New York City apartment building.
This announcement is courtesy of Howard Kosel Monday Night Football .l. Here’s a great behind-the-scenes look In the decision-making process that resulted in Kosel breaking the news.
“Remember, this is just a game of football, no matter who wins or loses,” Kosel said that night. “An indescribable tragedy, as confirmed to us by ABC News in New York City. John Lennon, outside his apartment apartment building on the west side of New York City, the most famous, perhaps, of all the Beatles, shot twice in the back, rushed to Roosevelt Hospital.” ?? ?? It’s hard to get back into the game after the news flash, which is bound to duty, we have to take. “
With three seconds left in the game’s regulation, the Patriots and Dolphins closed with 13. New England kicker John Smith took to the field to prepare for the game-winning field-goal, providing the background to Kosel’s description. Miami blocked Smith’s kick, and the Dolphins won the first possession field goal in overtime, 16-13.
“The press was talking about two things [after the game]”The fact that we lost the game and we had a lead in the fourth quarter, and then it turned into John Lennon,” Smith told ESPN.com in 2010. It puts things in perspective. “
It’s in perspective for the millions of people who reported Lennon’s murder while watching the game. And it sparked days of shock and distrust across the country and beyond.
The Beatles became a worldwide phenomenon in the early 1960’s, a formidable, past, and charismatic quartet transforming popular music. It is strange to think that this will be news for some people who read these words.
