He bought a copy of "The Catcher in the Rye" before his date with infamy in front of NYC's Dakota in 1980
On 8 December 1980, Lennon was shot by Mark David 
Chapman in the archway of the Dakota, his .... Chapman has said he does not 
remember calling out to Lennon before he... [DOC] [TLE] How John Lennon's death shocked the world: 35 years after the ... [PAR] Dec 8, 2015 ... John Lennon was gunned down outside the Dakota Building in New York ... With 
his death on December 8, 1980, vanished any hope that The ... was carrying a 
copy of JD Saligner's The Catcher in the Rye .... Chapman bought the gun legally 
six weeks before the shooting from J&S ..... She's got some front!