John Lennon killer’s signed album on sale at $850,000

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[HMG Celebrity News] – The album autographed by John Lennon for his killer, Mark David Chapman is up for sale once again, and the sticker price is a sickening $850,000.

The ‘Double Fantasy’ LP was signed by Lennon on December 8th, 1980 as he left his home at New York’s iconic Dakota building in Manhattan at about 5pm to attend a recording session.

When John and his wife, Yoko Ono returned at around 10.50pm, Chapman shot him four times in the back. John was rushed to the ER at Roosevelt Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival at 11:07 pm. He was just 40-years old.

The album was found near the Dakota’s entrance by a janitor, and handed over to the FBI as evidence. It was later returned and is now being sold by a dealer

“The album is the most extraordinary artifact in rock-and-roll history,” Gary Zimet modestly told the Post. “It has Lennon’s signature on the cover and Chapman’s forensically-enhanced finger prints on the sleeve. I originally sold it in 1999, but it’s back up for sale.”

And the avaricious seller of this tasteless memento wants his name kept a secret – with good reason;

“The current owner doesn’t want to be named because he’s received death threats.,” Gary reveals.

Yoko later had John cremated and scattered his ashes in Central Park, where the ‘Strawberry Fields’ memorial now stands.

Her response to this tawdry transaction is not yet known, but it’s pretty sure neither she nor any true Beatles fan will support it. Most of you probably weren’t even born when this happened, but what’s your response to the news?…