Vin Scelsa, a DJ on WNEW-FM 102.7 in New York City, a station where John Lennon made several appearances, announces his murder on this evening in 1980.

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You meant the night; I was listening to WNEW-FM and #VinScelsa was the DJ. He announced that John Lennon had just been shot and was being loaded into an ambulance; several minutes later, he announced Lennon had been pronounced dead, and Vin spent the rest of the night playing a tribute to him.