Paul McCartney remembers John Lennon at NYC March for Our Lives near site of Beatles icon's murder
Paul McCartney tried to imagine a world without gun violence — while standing just steps away from the spot where his former band mate John Lennon was murdered.
McCartney, 75, was joined by his wife Nancy Shevell on Saturday during the March for Our Lives on Manhattan’s Upper West Side when spoke off-camera to CNN’s Jason Caroll.
“One of my best friends was shot not far from where we are right now,” he said, according to Deadline.
McCartney and his wife were both spotted at the march sporting T-shirts that read “We can end gun violence.”
March for Our Lives rallies across the country
The New York City protest was held at 72nd Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. The location is quite close to The Dakota building, at 1 West 72nd Street, where Lennon lived and was gunned down by Mark David Chapman on Dec. 8, 1980.
A 40-year-old Lennon was shot four times by Chapman in the archway of the Dakota and was pronounced dead on arrival at Roosevelt Hospital.
Chapman plead guilty to the shooting death of the Beatles singer. He was sentenced to 20 years to life and remains imprisoned.
In 2016, Chapman was denied parole and will be eligible once again later this year.
NYC’s March for Our Lives was also taking place near the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park dedicated to Lennon, which was created by his widow Yoko Ono and landscape architect Bruce Kelly.
The march was just one of many happening across the country, including in Parkland, Fla. where tragedy struck on Feb. 14 when a gunman entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, killing 17.
John Lennon returning from florist shop outside The Dakota.
(Corkery, Richard)
The main march is taking place in Washington, D.C. outside of the capital.
Fellow celebrities have joined in on the various marches, including Kim and Kayne West, Jennifer Hudson, Steven Spielberg, Jimmy Fallon and George and Amal Clooney.
Demi Lovato, Vic Mensa, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Miley Cyrus, Vic Mensa were some of the many performers who took the stage at the D.C. march.
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