On December 8, 1980, John Lennon was assassinated in New York. Decades later, Paul McCartney came out of silence on the reason for which he had not paid tribute to his friend after his death.
Legendary group of the 1960s, the Beatles marked the history of music. However, after ten years of existence, the four Britons decide to separate, before a tragedy comes to mourn them, a few years later. Indeed, on December 8, 1980, John Lennon was assassinated by Mark David Chapman, At New York. A real tragedy for Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Star.
Guest in the Jonathan Ross Show in 2014, Paul McCartney who was in a relationship “mixed” with the founder of the Beatles had confided in the loss of his friend for a long time. “For several days I didn’t want to admit to myself that he had been murdered. It was only afterwards that I finally understood what had really happened. It was a huge shock” he confided.
Paul McCartney in shock after the death of John Lennon
For several months, Paul McCartney was stay quiet on the disappearance of the peace activist. In the columns of DailyMailhe explained that he had been unable to speak : “I remember coming home from the studio one day and hearing on the news that he was dead. I turned on the TV and heard people say ‘John Lennon was this’, ‘He was like that’, ‘I remember when I met him’. It shocked me so much I couldn’t really talk about it“.
The 80-year-old then went on to say that he had no didn’t have the strength to go on a television set. “I thought, ‘I can’t be one of those people. I can’t go on TV and say what John meant to me. It was too deep. I didn’t have the words“. Finally, two years after the death of John Lennon, the former bassist of the Beatles had given him back a beautiful song tribute with Here Today. Inside, he spoke directly to him, evoking their opposite characters.