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John Lennon’s killer denied parole for an 11th time

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FILE - In this 1971 file photo, singer John Lennon appears during a press conference. Mark David Chapman, 63, who shot and killed Lennon on Dec. 8, 1980, was denied parole for a tenth time on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 by New York's Parole Board. He will be up for parole again in August 2020. (AP Photo, File)

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FILE - This Dec. 8, 2018 file photo shows Natalie Merchant performing at Cyndi Lauper's 8th Annual &quot;Home for the Holidays&quot; benefit concert in New York. Merchant is the sixth recipient of the John Lennon Real Love Award, and will headline a tribute concert to the former Beatle in New York on Dec. 6. She's also getting an award from ASCAP this month. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

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A member of the New York Police Department watches over revelers as they wait for midnight during the New Year's Eve celebration in New York's Times Square, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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In this Feb. 9, 1964 file photo, Ed Sullivan, center, stands with The Beatles, from left, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney, during a rehearsal for the British group's first American appearance, on the "Ed Sullivan Show," in New York. The Beatles made their first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," America's must-see weekly variety show, on Sunday, Feb. 9, 1964. And officially kicked off Beatlemania. (AP Photo, File)

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FILE- This Jan. 31, 2018, file photo, provided by the New York State Department of Corrections, shows Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon on Dec. 8, 1980. Chapman told a parole board in August 2018, when the New York state Board of Parole denied his release, that he feels &quot;more and more shame&quot; every year for his crime. A transcript of the hearing was released Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 by prison officials. (New York State Department of Corrections via AP, File)

John Lennon’s killer says he feels more shame every year

This Jan. 31, 2018 photo, provided by the New York State Department of Corrections, shows Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon. Chapman, 63, who is serving 20-years-to-life in the Wende Correctional Facility in western New York, is scheduled to go before New York's parole board the week of Aug. 20, 2018, in what will be his 10th attempt to win release. The decision by the board of parole is supposed to be within two weeks of the hearing. (New York State Department of Corrections via AP)

John Lennon’s killer, Mark David Chapman, feels ‘more and more shame’ every year

FILE- This Jan. 31, 2018 photo, provided by the New York State Department of Corrections, shows Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon on Dec. 8, 1980. The New York State Parole Board has denied Chapman, 63, parole for a 10th time on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. He will be eligible for parole again in 2020. (New York State Department of Corrections via AP)

John Lennon’s killer denied parole for 10th time

Glasses of John Lennon with a recipe by optometrist Gary Tracy are displayed at the police headquarters in Berlin, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, after German police have arrested a man suspected of handling stolen objects from the estate of John Lennon, including diaries which were stolen from Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, in New York in 2006. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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In a Friday, June 12, 2015, file photo, artist Yoko Ono appears during a ceremony announcing the future installation of Ono's first permanent public art installation in the U.S., in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

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John Lennon (October 9, 1940 December 8, 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles. He and fellow member Paul McCartney formed a much-celebrated songwriting partnership. Along with George Harrison and Ringo Starr, the group achieved worldwide fame during the 1960s. In 1969, Lennon started the Plastic Ono Band with his second wife, Yoko Ono, and he continued to pursue a solo career following the Beatles' break-up in April 1970. At approximately 5:00 p.m. on 8 December 1980, Lennon autographed a copy of Double Fantasy for fan Mark David Chapman before leaving The Dakota with Yoko for a recording session at the Record Plant. After the session, Lennon and Ono returned to their Manhattan apartment in a limousine at around 10:50 p.m.. They exited the vehicle and walked through the archway of the building when Chapman shot Lennon four times in the back at close range. Lennon was rushed in a police cruiser to the emergency room of Roosevelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival at 11:00 p.m.

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He has said previously that he feels “more and more shame” every year for the crime.

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