‘One of my best friends was shot not far from here’: Paul McCartney pays tribute to John Lennon at New York’s March for Our Lives protest which is held in the exact spot where the Beatles icon was gunned down in 1980
Sir Paul McCartney was at the march on 72nd Street and Central Park West
It was where his Beatles bandmate John Lennon was murdered in 1980
Lennon was shot four times by gunman Mark David Chapman outside his home
Strawberry Fields in Central Park, where Saturday’s march began, was created in his memory
McCartney and his wife Nancy Shevell were among thousands who gathered in NYC
An estimated 500,000 people gathered in Washington DC for the main march
By JENNIFER SMITH
DAILYMAIL.COM
24 March 2018
Sir Paul McCartney stood in solidarity with protesters at the New York City March for Our Lives protest on Saturday and reminded the world of his own experience with gun violence.
Without going on camera, he told a CNN reporter: ‘As you know, one of my best friends was shot not far from here.’
It was an understated tribute to John Lennon, his Beatles bandmate who was gunned down outside The Dakota Building, where he lived, in by gunman Mark David Chapman in December 1980.
The New York City protest on Saturday was held at 72nd Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West, within eye shot of The Dakota Building and Strawberry Fields, the Central Park tribute created for Lennon after his death.
It was created by Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono and landscape architect Bruce Kelly.
Ono, now 84, attended the women’s march in DC last January. It is not known if she attended any of Saturday’s anti-gun events.
The New York City protest was one of nearly 800 happening around the world on Saturday to call for gun reform.
The main protest was in Washington DC where 500,000 are expected to gather.
The global event has been orchestrated by the survivors of the Parkland massacre in Florida on February 14.
The Rest…HERE
