Keith Elliot Greenberg, biographer, December 8, 1980 The Day John Lennon Died

John Lennon’s violent death recalled in fascinating new book by Keith Elliot Greenberg

December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died is a minute-by-minute account of that tragic day, tracking all of the events leading up to the horrible moment when Mark David Chapman calmly fired his Charter Arms .38 into the rock icon—a shocking act of violence the world is still coming to grips with.

“I’ve been carrying this story for 30 years,” author Keith Elliot Greenberg said. “I was five years old when the Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan, and the first movie I ever asked my parents to see was A Hard Day’s Night. John Lennon never knew me, but I felt that I knew him, and he understood me. Mark David Chapman felt the same way. But because something misfired in his mind, he decided to take John Lennon away from all of us.”

Greenberg has produced programs for America’s Most Wanted, 48 Hours, MSNBC Investigates, VH1, the History Channel, and Court TV. The author of more than 30 books, he has written for Maxim, Village Voice, New York Observer, USA Today, US Weekly and Playboy.com.

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