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28. A month before John died

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Sun Dec 8, 2019, 09:58 AM

Dec 2019

I had a disturbing dream that I was at the Dakota apartments (I had just read a spread in Life magazine that was centered in his apartment). In my dream I kept seeing a shadowy man lurking around with a gun and I was so disturbed by this dream that I told my then husband about it when I woke up. A month later we were stunned when watching TV and the station announced the breaking news.

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Damn it! It will be 39 years tomorrow and I still hurt. Oh John why? [View all] Botany Dec 2019 OP

... emulatorloo Dec 2019 #1

I heard about John's death while on second shift at my job Ohioboy Dec 2019 #2

I heard about it in a conversational French class where everyone brought a current event to discuss catrose Dec 2019 #4

i was in college. some one had candle burning in dorm hallway Demovictory9 Dec 2019 #23

It will be a memory forever. MuseRider Dec 2019 #3

I was 21 and it had been snowing and a friend and I smoked some dope and were in an ... Botany Dec 2019 #5

What was it about smoking dope MuseRider Dec 2019 #19

John and Bob malaise Dec 2019 #6

Bob? StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #10

Marley malaise Dec 2019 #12

Aw. StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #13

Good grief MuseRider Dec 2019 #20

It's actually closer than that malaise Dec 2019 #21

My favorite John song: Anna Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2019 #7

I'll never forget the sound of Howard Cosell's voice yonder Dec 2019 #8

Wow! That's exactly how I found out. StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #11

Without looking it up, I think Oakland was one of the teams playing yonder Dec 2019 #14

Same here. That's how much of the country found out. Dave Starsky Dec 2019 #18

Wow, what a flood. Thanks for this. yonder Dec 2019 #22

SAME HERE NightHawk63 Dec 2019 #24

It still breaks my heart StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #9

We had gotten home from going out to dinner- Alliepoo Dec 2019 #15

I was a HUGE Beatles fan and living in NY, NY BigmanPigman Dec 2019 #16

I remember... rickyhall Dec 2019 #17

I use Dec 8, 1980 as a milestone in my life - categorizing things as pre and post 12/8/80 Dennis Donovan Dec 2019 #25

I was near Boston at the time with a friend from London. DFW Dec 2019 #26

ooof, getting old, I was an intern at a top 40 radio station when it came over the wire service RazzleCat Dec 2019 #27

A month before John died Seedersandleechers Dec 2019 #28

I was on the night shift PlanetBev Dec 2019 #29