I was six when JFK was killed.  I can remember the schools were dismissed that afternoon.  Oswald being shot on television.  Kennedy's funeral of horses and drums.  When Lennon was killed it was like a body blow.  I was watching the movie "Father Goose"(Cary Grant) on a local station when the news cut in.  Shocked in silence.  John was my favorite Beatle through 1967.  With Yoko his music from 1968 to 1975 seemed to show a bitter, angry guy.  Something I thought strange, if you had the love of your life with you.