John Lennon, (1)__________ member of the Beatles, (2)__________ murdered just before 11 p.m (3)__________ the 8th December 1980, outside his home in New York City. He had just got out of a car, and was walking to the entrance (4)__________ a voice called "Mr Lennon". Lennon turned and (5)__________ five times. The killer threw his gun down, and stood there smiling.
Lennon was (6)__________ to hospital in a police patrol car, but it was (7)__________ late. The killer was 25-year-old Mark Chapman from Hawaii. Earlier the same evening he had asked Lennon for his autograph. (8)__________ fact, he had been hanging around outside the apartment building for several days. Chapman was a (9)__________ of the Beatles and Lennon, and had tried to imitated him in many ways. It is (10)__________ that he even believed he was John Lennon.