Lennon's smile

Vigil for the murder of John Lennon in Central Park in December 1980 BETTMANN ARCHIVE

Six days after the murder of John Lennon, 100,000 people gathered in Central Park to honor him.

Ten minutes of silence passed and then it began to snow.

The newspapers reported on the phenomenon and reproduced a comment made at that time: "It is his smile, which begins to fall from the sky above us."

The author of the sentence was not only not tried, perhaps because in that State the death penalty was no longer in force, but also celebrated.

Something unacceptable even if the ni ...

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