Yoko Ono Calls For An End To Gun Crime

Publish date
Thursday, 10 Dec 2015, 3:03PM

Yoko Ono is calling for action to stop gun crime in the US as she marks 35 years since her husband John Lennon was shot dead in New York.

The Beatles icon was murdered by crazed fan Mark Chapman on December 8, 1980, outside his home in Manhattan's Dakota building, and his widow has continued his avid peace campaigning since the tragedy.

n a poignant message to her fans, Yoko points out there has been more than one million victims of gun crime since Lennon's murder, and she calls for action to halt the wave of killings.

In a post on Twitter.com, Yoko writes, "Over 1,100,000 people killed by guns in the USA since @JohnLennon was shot and killed on Dec 8 1980 #StopGunViolence."

 

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