Disturbing Details Found In John Lennon's Autopsy Report

Just hours before the shooting, John Lennon was at a recording studio where he was working on a song with his wife, Yoko Ono. In the days leading up to his death, Lennon sat down for several interviews where he talked about his career with The Beatles, the music he was listening to, and the recent release of the album he did with Ono, as reported by Mental Floss. One of the interviews was with radio personality Dave Sholin, and during their conversation, Lennon said that he hopes he dies before his wife. "If Yoko died, I wouldn't know how to survive. I couldn't carry on," he stated. He would be dead just hours later (via Smithsonian Magazine).

The news of Lennon's death was soon reported by the media. A television producer named Alan Weiss was in the hospital after getting into a motorcycle accident, and it just so happened that it was the same hospital that Lennon was brought to after the shooting. In an interview with Newsday, Weiss said that he overheard police talking about Lennon and afterward witnessed a doctor tell Ono that her husband had died. He then called the information to the news team. Soon, ABC News caught wind of Lennon's death, and "Monday Night Football" was interrupted to report the news. The days that followed consisted of fans mourning the death of a legend. About 100,000 people held a vigil at the spot where Lennon was shot, and 20,000 people gathered in his hometown of Liverpool.