murder of John Lennon
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The murder of John Lennon was the 1980 shooting and killing of the former Beatle outside his New York City residence, an event that shocked the world and cemented his legacy as a cultural icon.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Assassination of John Lennon | 1 |
| The murder of John Lennon | 1 |
| murder of John Lennon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11586648 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: murder of John Lennon Context triple: [The Dakota, associatedWithEvent, murder of John Lennon]
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A.
murder of Tupac Shakur
The murder of Tupac Shakur was the still-unsolved 1996 drive-by shooting of the influential West Coast rapper, widely seen as a pivotal and symbolic moment in the East Coast–West Coast hip hop conflict.
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B.
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. was the 1968 murder of the prominent civil rights leader in Memphis, Tennessee, which had profound political and social repercussions in the United States.
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C.
shooting of Pope John Paul II
The shooting of Pope John Paul II was a 1981 assassination attempt in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, in which the Pope was critically wounded by gunfire but ultimately survived.
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D.
assassination of Grigori Rasputin
The assassination of Grigori Rasputin was the 1916 killing of the influential Russian mystic and adviser to the Romanov family by a group of nobles seeking to curb his sway over the imperial court.
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E.
assassination of Malcolm X
The assassination of Malcolm X was the 1965 killing of the prominent African American civil rights leader and Nation of Islam dissident while he was delivering a speech in New York City, an event that profoundly impacted the Black freedom struggle in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: murder of John Lennon Target entity description: The murder of John Lennon was the 1980 shooting and killing of the former Beatle outside his New York City residence, an event that shocked the world and cemented his legacy as a cultural icon.
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A.
murder of Tupac Shakur
The murder of Tupac Shakur was the still-unsolved 1996 drive-by shooting of the influential West Coast rapper, widely seen as a pivotal and symbolic moment in the East Coast–West Coast hip hop conflict.
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B.
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. was the 1968 murder of the prominent civil rights leader in Memphis, Tennessee, which had profound political and social repercussions in the United States.
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C.
shooting of Pope John Paul II
The shooting of Pope John Paul II was a 1981 assassination attempt in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, in which the Pope was critically wounded by gunfire but ultimately survived.
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D.
assassination of Grigori Rasputin
The assassination of Grigori Rasputin was the 1916 killing of the influential Russian mystic and adviser to the Romanov family by a group of nobles seeking to curb his sway over the imperial court.
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E.
assassination of Malcolm X
The assassination of Malcolm X was the 1965 killing of the prominent African American civil rights leader and Nation of Islam dissident while he was delivering a speech in New York City, an event that profoundly impacted the Black freedom struggle in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assassination
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crime ⓘ murder ⓘ |
| albumAutographed |
"Double Fantasy"
ⓘ
linked to:
Double Fantasy
|
| associatedWith |
John Lennon's solo career
ⓘ
The Beatles ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wounds ⓘ |
| cityOfHospital | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalSignificance | cemented John Lennon as a cultural icon ⓘ |
| date | 1980-12-08 ⓘ |
| day | 8 ⓘ |
| declaredDeadAt | Roosevelt Hospital ⓘ |
| immediateAftermathLocation | Roosevelt Hospital ⓘ |
| impact |
global media coverage
ⓘ
increased security concerns for celebrities ⓘ mass public mourning ⓘ renewed debates on gun control in the United States ⓘ |
| inspiredByWork |
novel "The Catcher in the Rye"
ⓘ
linked to:
The Catcher in the Rye
|
| location |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ The Dakota ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| mediaType | widely televised news event ⓘ |
| memorialEvent | public vigil in Central Park ⓘ |
| memorialSite |
Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park
ⓘ
linked to:
Strawberry Fields memorial
|
| method | shooting ⓘ |
| month | December ⓘ |
| motive |
desire for notoriety
ⓘ
disillusionment with Lennon's public image ⓘ obsession with John Lennon ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Upper West Side ⓘ |
| notableWitness |
Yoko Ono
ⓘ
doorman of The Dakota ⓘ |
| numberOfHits | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfShotsFired | 5 ⓘ |
| perpetrator | Mark David Chapman ⓘ |
| perpetratorArrestedAtScene | true ⓘ |
| perpetratorConviction | second-degree murder ⓘ |
| perpetratorIncarcerationState | New York ⓘ |
| perpetratorPlea | guilty ⓘ |
| perpetratorSentence | 20 years to life in prison ⓘ |
| policeResponseTime | within minutes ⓘ |
| precededBy | John Lennon autographing an album for Mark David Chapman ⓘ |
| relatedLegalProcess | parole hearings for Mark David Chapman ⓘ |
| time | approximately 22:50 EST ⓘ |
| timeOfDay | night ⓘ |
| victim | John Lennon ⓘ |
| weapon | .38 caliber revolver ⓘ |
| year | 1980 ⓘ |
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Subject: murder of John Lennon Description of subject: The murder of John Lennon was the 1980 shooting and killing of the former Beatle outside his New York City residence, an event that shocked the world and cemented his legacy as a cultural icon.
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linked to: murder of John Lennon
linked to: murder of John Lennon