[pullquote quote="The guy had sort of pinned me to the wall. He was glistening with maniacal sweat and talking some freak-spew to me about what he was going to do." credit="James Taylor"] Each year on December 8, [mp3com-artist]John Lennon[/mp3com-artist] fans take time to remember the talented musician the world lost at the age of 40.

Last year [mp3com-artist] James Taylor[/mp3com-artist], musician and John Lennon fan, sat down for an interview with the BBC and spoke candidly about his memories of John. Taylor spoke about how he had an encounter with Lennon’s killer the day before the murder and how he heard the gunshots.

Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980. Yoko Ono scattered his ashes in New York’s Central Park where the Strawberry Fields memorial is today.

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