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Hospital Workers Reveal What Song Was Playing When John Lennon Died. (Original Post) Lunabell Dec 2023 OP
I was watching Monday Night Football when Howard Cosell broke the news of Lennon's death. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2023 #1
Here it is patphil Dec 2023 #2
I'm pretty sure that was the song that was played. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2023 #4
It's OK. patphil Dec 2023 #3
I was listening to (rock radio) WNEW-FM in NYC where I was/am and they broke the news... electric_blue68 Dec 2023 #5

OAITW r.2.0

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1. I was watching Monday Night Football when Howard Cosell broke the news of Lennon's death.
Fri Dec 8, 2023, 04:44 PM
Dec 2023

I'm pretty sure they played "In My Life" with some pics, video of Lennon.

OAITW r.2.0

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4. I'm pretty sure that was the song that was played.
Fri Dec 8, 2023, 05:35 PM
Dec 2023

I couldn't have picked a better song to accompany that sad announcement.

electric_blue68

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5. I was listening to (rock radio) WNEW-FM in NYC where I was/am and they broke the news...
Fri Dec 8, 2023, 09:58 PM
Dec 2023

then they played Lennon's music for 24 hrs but even more important opened up the phone line(?s) to let listeners share their grieving.

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