True Crime Vault: John Lennon: His Life, Legacy, Last Days

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True Crime

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🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 82 minutes

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John Lennon's close friends and colleagues provide insight into his life and lasting legacy; radio reporters talk about the last interview John Lennon did with them the day he died. Originally aired 10/16/20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Deborah Roberts.
0:01.7	Welcome to the 2020 True Crime Vault.
0:05.2	Each week, we reach back into our archives and bring you a story we found unforgettable.
0:10.9	You broke her teeth. He broke her bones.
0:13.4	Poisons that you could use that would be undetectable.
0:16.9	Oh, my goodness. What have you done?
0:20.5	Take a listen.
0:25.6	John Lennon was a brilliant genius songwriter.
0:29.6	He was one of those magical people emblematic of an entire age.
0:33.6	A working class kid from Liverpool.
0:36.6	He was one of the originals of this century.
0:38.3	No question about it.
0:40.3	The Beatles, it was a musical revolution.
0:43.3	He was a rebel, he was a radical, he became an activist for peace.
0:48.3	He said a lot of things that a lot of people believed in.
0:52.3	It just spoke to a generation in a different way that
0:55.2	anyone else has been spoken to before. Some of us had a healthy relationship with his celebrity,
1:00.4	but there are others that felt like they owned him. Who got shot? John Lennon. John Lennon was shot
1:05.7	and killed tonight in New York City. An unspeakable tragedy. I said, you realize what you have done here?
1:11.6	And he said, I killed myself.
1:13.6	He said, I'm John Lennon.
1:15.6	People came out here singing Beatles, ballads.
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