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Mark David Chapman

マーク・チャップマン　/　まーく・ちゃっぷまん

American inmate

May 10, 1955 (age 71)　・　Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Texas
inmate
murderer

My Take

I want to be honest about why this entry exists. Mark David Chapman is in this database not for any achievement, but because his name is permanently bound to one of music history's darkest nights: the murder of John Lennon outside the Dakota in December 1980. I feel no fascination with him, and I resist the true-crime impulse to make him interesting. What stays with me instead is the scale of what was taken, a songwriter who preached peace, silenced by a stranger's obsession. We keep the record for history's sake, but my sympathy and my attention belong entirely to Lennon, his family, and the music left behind.

Overview

Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955) is an American man who murdered musician John Lennon in New York City on December 8, 1980. As Lennon walked into the archway of the Dakota, his apartment building on the Upper West Side, Chapman fired five shots at him from a few yards away with a Charter Arms Undercover .38 Special revolver; Lennon was hit four times from the back.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Mark David Chapman
Name (Japanese): マーク・チャップマン
Reading: まーく・ちゃっぷまん
Born: May 10, 1955 (age 71)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Goat
Origin: Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: inmate / murderer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Columbia High School
University: Covenant College

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3

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