PHOTOS: John Lennon remembered

John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, arrive at The Hit Factory, a recording studio in New York City on Aug. 22, 1980, to work on the album “Double Fantasy.”

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Yoko Ono is comforted by David Geffen, right, of Geffen Records as she leaves Roosevelt Hospital in New York late Dec. 8, 1980, after the death of her husband, John Lennon.

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Police lead Mark David Chapman, 25 (center of door with head covered), the suspect in the shooting death of John Lennon, from the 20th Precinct on New York‘s Upper West Side, on Dec. 9. 1980. Chapman was later convicted of the killing.

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New York City police officers stand guard outside the Dakota apartment building on Dec. 10, 1980, where John Lennon was murdered two nights earlier.

Related: In My Life: Robert Hilburn’s ‘Corn Flakes With John Lennon’  (Dave Pickoff / Associated Press)

A young woman is comforted as she is overcome with emotion during the silent vigil on Dec. 14, 1980, in memory John Lennon in Central Park in New York.

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People jam the street at Central Park West and 72nd Street in New York, just outside the Dakota apartment house where John Lennon lived, on Dec. 14, 1980, after leaving a memorial service held at the bandshell in Central Park, across the street. Police estimated the crowd at 50,000 to 100,000.

Related: In My Life: Robert Hilburn’s ‘Corn Flakes With John Lennon’  (David Bookstaver / Associated Press)

A large crowd gathers in Central Park to pay final tribute to John Lennon in New York City on Dec. 15, 1980.

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