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Geraldo Rivera Recalls The Night His Friend John Lennon Was Murdered
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Nov. 5 2018, Published 5:42 p.m. ET
Geraldo Rivera sat down with OK! exclusively where he discussed his friendship with John Lennon and how incredibly tough it was when he was murdered on December 8th, 1980. The famed talk show host talked about how he was good buddies with both the former Beatles singer and his wife Yoko Ono throughout the 70's and how he was only blocks away from both of them when Mark David Chapman shot him dead that horrific night.
Watch the clip above. Do you have a favorite memory of John Lennon? Sound off in the comments.