Reporting on John Lennon’s Death (Video)
John Lennon‘s tragic death on Dec. 8, 1980, was the definitive stop-the-presses moment in rock history, overshadowing Elvis Presley’s not-all-that-surprising demise three years earlier and, going back further, the plane crash that snuffed out the promising careers of Buddy Holly and Richie Valens.
Thirty years ago, there was no MSNBC or Fox News (or Fox for that matter), so news coverage of that cold night in New York City came in the form of breaking news alerts from older, veteran newsmen, who delivered the sad news with their trademark gravitas.
Ted Koppel for ABC, a crusty BBC anchor and even a young Bill Kurtis broke the news to viewers of Chicago’s CBS station. The most widely seen and enduring announcement of the tragedy came from Howard Cosell in the ‘Monday Night Football’ broadcast booth.
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