article_snippet: In the months before John Lennon was tragically gunned down outside The Dakota in New York City on December 8, 1980, by deranged killer Mark David Chapman, life for the ex Beatle and Mark David Chapman bride Yoko Ono was full of 'unclouded happiness'.
article_snippet: Ironically, John was killed in front of the New York City apartments building behind the couple, where they lived .
article_snippet: Paul McCartney was one of three people that Yoko called when Yoko returned home from the hospital that fateful night to say that John had not survived the five hollow-point bullets Mark David Chapman fired at the singer just outside John and Yoko apartment at The Dakota, across the street from Central Park. '
article_snippet: A month after Kishin returned to Japan, John was shot and killed. '