Documenting the memorial service for John Lennon, who was assassinated on this day in 1980.
The ten minutes of silence observed in memory of John Lennon by the crowd in Central Park and by other crowds around the world two Sundays ago was certainly the sparest ceremony—whether for mourning or for any other purpose—in a long, long time. The one activity of the mourners—prayer for Lennon’s soul, suggested by his widow, Yoko Ono—was both silent and invisible.
One television station that covered the occasion in Central Park , and was therefore faced with the question of how to cover the ten minutes, solved its problem by showing a rapid montage that included shots of the vigil and film clips of Lennon and the Beatles singing soundlessly. The impression was given that the station had onlymanaged to keep quiet. But all in all one would have to go far back in time to find as moving an expression of public sorrow.
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