2016 Postmortem

radiclib

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6. No one who was alive at the time will ever forget

Reply to johnlennon_shallrise (Original post)

Sat Dec 8, 2012, 10:30 AM

Dec 2012

the feeling of horror the moment they learned what had happened. For me, only JFK and 9-11 compares, but Lennon's might be the worst, because the full extent of the tragedy was initially unknown in the other cases. With John, we learned right away that he was gone.
Yes, he is one of the few individuals who may have made a real difference in the world. There really aren't very many.

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If You Want To Be A Hero, Well Just Follow Me [View all] johnlennon_shallrise Dec 2012 OP

"Imagine" remains my favorite anthem of all time. peacebird Dec 2012 #1

+1 Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2012 #4

I made a pilgrimage of sorts back in 2007 SnowCritter Dec 2012 #2

I remember very clearly hearing the news of his death. redwitch Dec 2012 #3

"keep you doped with religion, sex and TV... stlsaxman Dec 2012 #5

No one who was alive at the time will ever forget radiclib Dec 2012 #6

hero's kathym06 Dec 2012 #8

Welcome to DU and I hope you enjoy the site. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #11

+1 LiberalLoner Dec 2012 #10

He was clever with words, cosmicamerican Dec 2012 #7

A bit over a year later, my lady friend and I visited NYC malthaussen Dec 2012 #9

Lennon was a great man. Peace! pipewrench Dec 2012 #12

Thank you for so eloquently memorializing him. He was a powerful cultural force. ancianita Dec 2012 #13