Paul McCartney Recalls Final Phone Call with John Lennon Before His 'Horrific' Murder

Paul McCartney Recalls ‘Horrific’ Moment He Learned Lennon Died

Paul McCartney opened up about the death of his childhood friend and former bandmate John Lennon in a new book about his post-Beatles band, Wings. McCartney, 83, recalled learning of Lennon’s December 8, 1980, murder “early in the morning” when his manager called him. “It was just too crazy,” the Grammy winner said in Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, which hit shelves Tuesday, November 4. “We just said what everyone said; it was all blurre…

Paul McCartney recalls final phone call with John Lennon before his 'horrific' murder

Paul McCartney will never forget the moment he learned John Lennon was murdered. “It was just too crazy,” McCartney, 83, wrote in his new oral history book, “Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run,” about finding out from his manager “early in the morning” on Dec. 8, 1980 that his former Beatles bandmate was gunned down by Mark David Chapman in New York City. “We just said what everyone said; it was all blurred,” McCartney wrote, per Us Weekly. “…