John Lennon's Death, 25 Years Later

It's still one of the worst moments of my life when my father told me that John Lennon had been shot and murdered in New York City.  I found out shortly after 11:30 pm on the night of December 8, 1980.  I was still miserable about losing my brother, Alfred, from a car crash he was in back of June of that same year.

It felt like a nightmare for me that John Lennon, like Alfred, was dead too.  It was just before my 16th birthday.  Thinking about that night still upsets me even today.

I still miss you, John, as much as I miss Alfred.