Mental illness was behind the murder of former Beatle John Lennon in 1980 by schizophrenic, delusional Mark David Chapman.
As Lennon and wife Yoko Ono exited their Manhattan apartment building, Chapman put four bullets into Lennon's back.
Chapman had been a huge fan of the Beetles and of Lennon, but that fixation came into conflict with his fundamentalist religious views after he heard Lennon quip to the media that the Beatles had been "bigger than Jesus."
Prior to the murder that turned him into a celebrity of sorts, Chapman had once attempted suicide and a year thereafter, had taken a trip around the world, after which her married his Japanese-American travel agent, who reminded him of Yoko Ono.
Chapman remains imprisoned, having been denied parole on several occasions.
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