Dakota Apartment Building (John Lennon murder site)

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Today is December 8th, John Lennon's Memorial Day. The assassination of John Lennon. John was returning with Yoko to his home from a recording studio. The killer wounded the musician in the chest, back and left arm. Death occurred half an hour later. View of the exclusive Dakota apartment building on the corner of West 72nd Street and Central Park West, New York. The building, designed by Henry J. Hardenberg and completed in 1882, is perhaps best remembered as a place. KILLINGS by John Lennon, Gig Young's suicide killings and production of Roman Polanski’s horror movie “Rosemary's Baby. '