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PlanetBev

(4,104 posts)

5. I was a mess

Reply to Cuthbert Allgood (Original post)

Wed Dec 8, 2021, 12:21 PM

Dec 2021

Reagan had just been elected, I turned 30 and John Lennon was murdered. Miserable end of year.

I knew even then, that Reagan’s election was the beginning of the end of the America that I grew up in. To make it worse, an American asshole with a gun took out such a beloved figure.

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John Lennon was killed 41 years ago today [View all] Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2021 OP

Agree! Silly that my biggest memory was my little sister Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2021 #1

I was a freshman in college, and remember many classmates sobbing openly when they heard the news. Dial H For Hero Dec 2021 #2

Me too. JenniferJuniper Dec 2021 #3

I remember that awful night and it still hurts. Botany Dec 2021 #4

My mom and dad are buried right off of route 23. Boomerproud Dec 2021 #6

That's some story! And that is a beautiful headstone. electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #14

I was a mess PlanetBev Dec 2021 #5

And gun violence has only gotten worse since... tenderfoot Dec 2021 #7

I remember my mother in law Deuxcents Dec 2021 #8

I was in my senior year at college, slightlv Dec 2021 #9

I was watching Monday Night Football. Howard Cosell made the announcement. ElementaryPenguin Dec 2021 #10

Just saw this Howard Cosell announcing John's death on Monday night football Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2021 #11

I was 14 and I was in bed. My best friend called to tell me. chowder66 Dec 2021 #12

As a kid my mom would take me to the dentist who was on the same block as The Dakota... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #13

I did not know about this until the next evening...Didn't have TV..I was 24 LeftInTX Dec 2021 #15

the rather eerie photo mnmoderatedem Dec 2021 #16