Mendocino, California at a bar.
Hattiesburg Mississippi
This, according to Wikipedia was the first announcement of the shooting in this country, by Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football.
The following exchange began with thirty seconds left in the fourth quarter, shortly after Gifford and Cosell had been informed of what had transpired:[53]
Cosell: ... but [the game]'s suddenly been placed in total perspective for us. I'll finish this; they're in the hurry-up offense.
Gifford: Third down, four.[Chuck] Foreman ... it'll be fourth down.[Matt] Cavanaughwill let it run down for one final attempt; he'll let the seconds tick off to give Miami no opportunity whatsoever.(Whistle blows.)Timeout is called with three seconds remaining;John Smithis on the line. And I don't care what's on the line, Howard, you have got to say what we know in the booth.
Cosell: Yes, we have to say it. Remember this is just afootballgame, no matter who wins or loses. An unspeakable tragedy confirmed to us by ABC News in New York City: John Lennon, outside of his apartment building on theWest Sideof New York City—the most famous, perhaps, of all of the Beatles—shot twice in the back, rushed to Roosevelt Hospital, dead on arrival. Hard to go back to the game after that newsflash, which, in duty bound, we have to take. Frank?
Gifford: (after a pause) Indeed, it is.[54]
I don't remember seeing this so I had to have been at work.
I remember it clearly. Sudden silence in a rowdy bar. Then screams.
At home in Bangor Co.Down, I visited the Dakota building when on a visit to New York in 2006
What a City.
Living with my sister in California. Nephew burst in the front door and said John Lennon had been shot and killed, and I didn't believe him.
I still find it hard to believe even after all this time.
It was impossible to make any sense of it. Such a waste.
Wait what happened? Just kidding... I was 3 at the time
Gosh, Eric, that really makes me feel old. 😥 Wait, I am old. Oh well.
@shysue it’s just a state of mind. You are a young person trapped in an older body 🤣
