Beatles star Paul McCartney opened up about the death of former bandmate John Lennon, revealing he never fully came to terms with the loss.
“It was just too crazy,” McCartney, 83, recalled in his new book, “Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run”. “We just said what everyone said; it was all blurred. It was the same as the Kennedy [assassination]. The same horrific moment, you know. You couldnât take it in. I still havenât taken it in. I donât want to.”
John Lennon Was Tragically Killed in New York City
“Imagine” singer John Lennon was shot and killed outside his New York City home on December 8, 1980. The Grammy Award winner was returning home from the recording studio with wife Yoko Ono, when he was struck from behind by Mark David Chapman.
Lennon was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead at approximately 11:15 p.m.
Nearly five decades later, Chapman admitted his motivation in the killing was to “be a somebody.”
“This was for me and me alone, unfortunately, and it had everything to do with his popularity,” Chapman told a parole board from the Green Haven Correctional Facility in Dutchess County in late August, according to The New York Post.
Paul McCartney Recalls Last Phone Call With John Lennon
McCartney and Lennon had a rocky relationship following the band’s 1970 split.
However, the “Penny Lane” singer admitted the two were on good terms before Lennon’s tragic death.
“That is a nice thing, a consoling factor for me, because I do feel it was sad that we never actually sat down and straightened our differences out,” he explained in his new book. “But fortunately for me, the last phone conversation I ever had with him was really great, and we didnât have any kind of blowup.”
He previously shared a similar sentiment during an episode of the “McCartney: A Life in Lyrics” podcast.
“It would have been the worst thing in the worldâ¦Had he just been killed, and we still had a bad relationship,” McCartney said. “I would have just thought, âOh, I should have, I should have, I should have,’ That would have been a big guilt trip for me.”
In October, on what would have been Lennon’s 85th birthday, McCartney shared a brief tribute to his late pal via social media.
âSweet memories on this day of a very special friend. Happy birthday John,â McCartney wrote, alongside a photo of the pair at Abbey Road Studios in 1968.
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