Death of John Lennon

Death of John Lennon

The Dakota, location of the killing.
Location The Dakota, New York, NY
Date 10:50 pm, 8 December 1980 (1980-12-08T10:50 pm) (approx. time)
Target John Lennon
Weapon(s) Charter Arms .38 Special revolver.[1]
Death(s) 1
Belligerent Mark David Chapman

John Lennon was an English rock musician who gained worldwide fame as one of the founders of The Beatles, for his subsequent solo career, and for his political activism. He was shot by Mark David Chapman at the entrance of the building where he lived, The Dakota, in New York City, on Monday, 8 December 1980; Lennon had just returned from the Record Plant Studio with his wife, Yoko Ono.

Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, where it was stated that nobody could have lived for more than a few minutes after sustaining such injuries. Shortly after local news stations reported Lennon's death, crowds gathered at Roosevelt Hospital and in front of The Dakota. He was cremated on 10 December 1980, at the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York; the ashes were given to Ono, who chose not to hold a funeral for him.

Contents

Murder

Lennon signing Chapman's Double Fantasy album a few hours before the shooting.

On the morning of 8 December 1980, photographer Annie Leibovitz went to Ono and Lennon's apartment to do a photo shoot for Rolling Stone. She had promised Lennon a photo with Ono would make the cover, but initially tried to get a picture with just Lennon alone.[2] Leibovitz recalled that "nobody wanted [Ono] on the cover".[3] Lennon insisted that both he and his wife be on the cover, and after shooting the pictures, Leibovitz left their apartment. After the photo shoot, Lennon gave what would be his last interview to San Francisco DJ Dave Sholin for a music show on the RKO Radio Network.[4] At 5:00 pm, Lennon and Ono left their apartment to mix the track "Walking on Thin Ice", an Ono song featuring Lennon on lead guitar, at Record Plant Studio.[5]

As Lennon and Ono walked to their limousine, they were approached by several people seeking autographs, among them, Mark David Chapman.[6][7] It was common for fans to wait outside the Dakota to meet Lennon and get his autograph.[8] Chapman, a 25-year-old security guard from Honolulu, Hawaii, had first come to New York to murder Lennon in October (before the release of Double Fantasy) but changed his mind and returned home.[9] He silently handed Lennon a copy of Double Fantasy, and Lennon obliged with an autograph.[6] After signing the album, Lennon politely asked him, "Is this all you want?" Chapman smiled and nodded in agreement. Photographer and Lennon fan Paul Goresh snapped a photo of the encounter.[10]

Police artist's drawing of the murder.

The Lennons spent several hours at the Record Plant recording studio before returning to the Dakota at approximately 10:50 pm. Lennon decided against dining out so he could be home in time to say goodnight to five-year-old son Sean before he went to sleep. In addition, Lennon liked to oblige any fans who had been waiting for long periods of time to meet him with autographs or pictures.

The Lennons exited their limousine on 72nd Street instead of driving into the more secure courtyard of the Dakota complex. Had the Lennons opted to enter the courtyard, the ex-Beatle would have avoided Chapman.[11]

Jose Perdomo, the Dakota's doorman, and a nearby cab driver saw Chapman standing in the shadows by the archway.[12] Ono walked ahead of Lennon and into the reception area. As Lennon passed by, he looked at Chapman briefly and continued on his way. Within seconds, Chapman took aim directly at the center of Lennon's back and fired five hollow-point bullets at him from a Charter Arms .38 Special revolver.[1] Numerous radio, television, and newspaper reports claimed at the time that, before firing, Chapman called out "Mr. Lennon" and dropped into a "combat stance",[13][14][15] but this is not stated in court hearings or witness interviews. Chapman has said he did not remember calling out Lennon's name before he shot him.[16][17][18] The first bullet missed, passing over Lennon's head and hitting a window of the Dakota building. However, the next two bullets struck Lennon in the left side of his back, and two more penetrated his left shoulder. Three of the four bullets passed through Lennon's body, resulting in a total of seven bullet holes. All four shots inflicted severe gunshot wounds, the first inflicting the most fatal wound by piercing Lennon's aorta.[19] Lennon, bleeding profusely, staggered up five steps to the security/reception area, mumbled "I'm shot", and collapsed face down. Concierge Jay Hastings covered Lennon with his uniform and removed his blood-covered glasses; he then summoned the police.

The entrance to the Dakota building where Lennon was shot

Outside, doorman Perdomo shook the gun out of Chapman's hand then kicked it across the sidewalk.[12] Chapman then removed his coat and hat in preparation for the police arrival to show he was not carrying any concealed weapons and sat down on the sidewalk. Doorman Perdomo shouted at Chapman, "Do you know what you've done?", to which Chapman calmly replied, "Yes, I just shot John Lennon." The first policemen to arrive were Steve Spiro and Peter Cullen, who were at 72nd Street and Broadway when they heard a report of shots fired at the Dakota. The officers found Chapman sitting "very calmly" on the sidewalk. They reported that Chapman had dropped the revolver to the ground, and was holding a paperback book, J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye.[20] Chapman had scribbled a message on the book's inside front cover: "To Holden Caulfield. From Holden Caulfield. This is my statement." He would later claim that his life mirrored that of Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of the book.

Side view of Dakota entryway showing steps Lennon climbed before collapsing in the lobby

The second team, Officers Bill Gamble and James Moran, arrived a few minutes later. They immediately carried Lennon into their squad car and rushed him to Roosevelt Hospital. Officer Moran said they placed Lennon on the back seat.[21] Moran asked, "Do you know who you are?" There are conflicting accounts on what happened next. In one account, Lennon nodded slightly and tried to speak, but could only manage to make a gurgling sound, and lost consciousness shortly thereafter.[22]

Dr. Stephan Lynn received Lennon in the emergency room at Roosevelt Hospital. When Lennon arrived, he had no pulse and was not breathing. Dr Lynn and two other doctors worked for 20 minutes, opening Lennon's chest and attempting manual heart massage to restore circulation, but the damage to the blood vessels around the heart was too great.[23] Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival in the emergency room at the Roosevelt Hospital at 11:15 pm by Dr Lynn.[24] but the time of 11:07 pm has also been reported.[25] The cause of death was reported as hypovolemic shock, caused by the loss of more than 80% of blood volume. Dr Elliott M. Gross, the Chief Medical Examiner, said that no one could have lived more than a few minutes with such multiple bullet injuries. As Lennon was shot four times with hollow-point bullets, which expand upon entering the target and severely disrupt more tissue as they travel through the target, Lennon's affected organs were virtually destroyed upon impact. Ono, sobbing "Oh no, no, no, no... tell me it's not true," was taken to Roosevelt Hospital and led away in shock after she learned that her husband was dead.[26] The following day, Ono issued a statement: "There is no funeral for John. John loved and prayed for the human race. Please do the same for him. Love, Yoko and Sean."[26]

Aftermath

John Lennon's assassination triggered an outpouring of grief around the world on an unprecedented scale.[27] Sales of his music—both with the Beatles and as a solo artist—soared in the months following the tragedy. Lennon's remains were cremated at Ferncliff Cemetery in Westchester. No funeral was held.[28][29] Yoko Ono sent word to the chanting crowd outside the Dakota that their singing had kept her awake; she asked that they re-convene in Central Park the following Sunday for ten minutes of silent prayer.[30] On 14 December 1980, millions of people around the world responded to Ono's request to pause for ten minutes of silence to remember Lennon.[31] Thirty thousand gathered in Liverpool, and the largest group—over 225,000—converged on New York's Central Park, close to the scene of the shooting.[31] At least two Beatle fans committed suicide after the murder, leading Yoko Ono to make a public appeal asking mourners not to give in to despair.[32] Ono released a solo album, Season of Glass, in 1981. The cover of the album is a photograph of Lennon's blood-spattered glasses. A 1997 re-release of the album included "Walking on Thin Ice", the song the Lennons had mixed at the Record Plant less than an hour before he was murdered.

Chapman pled guilty to Lennon's murder in June 1981,[33] against the advice of his lawyers,[34] who wanted to file an insanity plea.[35][36] He received a life sentence but under the terms of his guilty plea became eligible for parole in 2000, after serving 20 years. Chapman has been denied parole at hearings every two years since 2000 and remains an inmate at Attica State Prison.[37] Annie Leibovitz's photo of a naked John embracing Yoko, taken the day of the murder, was the cover of Rolling Stone magazine's 22 January 1981 issue, most of which was dedicated to articles, letters and photographs commemorating John's life and death.[38] In 2005 the American Society of Magazine Editors ranked it as the top magazine cover of the last 40 years.[39]

Memorials and tributes

A memorial statue of Lennon in Havana, Cuba

Lennon continues to be mourned throughout the world and has been the subject of numerous memorials and tributes, principally New York City's Strawberry Fields, a memorial garden area in Central Park across the street from the Dakota building. Ono later donated $1 million for its maintenance.[40] It has become a gathering place for tributes on Lennon's birthday and on the anniversary of his death, as well as at other times of mourning, such as after the September 11 attacks and following George Harrison's death on 29 November 2001.[30]

Elton John, who had recorded the number-one hit "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" with Lennon, teamed up with his lyricist, Bernie Taupin and recorded a tribute to Lennon, entitled "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)." It appeared on Elton's 1982 album Jump Up! and peaked at #13 on the US Singles Chart that year. When Elton performed the song at a sold-out concert in Madison Square Garden in August 1982, he was joined on stage by Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon.[41]

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had their album Hard Promises (which was recorded shortly after Lennon's death; Lennon was scheduled to be in the same studio on a common day with the Heartbreakers) etched with "WE LOVE YOU JL" on the master copy of the album and pressed on every vinyl copy of the album as a tribute to a meeting that never would occur.

Lennon was honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1991.[42] In 1994, the Republic of Abkhazia issued two postage stamps featuring Lennon and Groucho Marx, spoofing Abkhazia's Communist past. These stamps would have normally borne the portraits of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin.[43] (Whether intentional or not, this echoed the front album cover of Firesign Theater's How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All, which also had a tribute to (Groucho) Marx and (John) Lennon.) On 8 December 2000, Cuba's President Fidel Castro unveiled a bronze statue of Lennon in a park in Havana.[44] In 2000, the John Lennon Museum was opened at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama, Japan[45] and Liverpool renamed its airport to Liverpool John Lennon Airport and adopted the motto "Above us only sky" in 2002.[46] The 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death was on 8 December 2005.[47] Celebrations of Lennon's life and music took place in London, New York City, Cleveland, and Seattle. The minor planet 4147 Lennon, discovered 12 January 1983 by B. A. Skiff at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory, was named in memory of Lennon.[48]

On 9 December 2006, in the city of Puebla, Mexico, a plaque was revealed, honouring Lennon's contribution to music, culture and peace. [49]

On 9 October 2007, Ono dedicated a new memorial called the Imagine Peace Tower, located on the island of Viðey, off the coast of Iceland. Each year, between 9 October and 8 December, it projects a vertical beam of light high into the sky.[50] Every 8 December there is a memorial ceremony in front of the Capitol Records building on Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Many people light candles in front of Lennon's Hollywood Walk of Fame star outside the Capitol Building.[51] From 28 to 30 September 2007, Durness held the John Lennon Northern Lights Festival which was attended by Julia Baird (Lennon's half-sister) who read from Lennon's writings and her own books, and Stanley Parkes, Lennon's Scottish cousin.[52] Parkes said, "Me and Julia [Baird] are going to be going to the old family croft to tell stories". Musicians, painters and poets from across the UK performed at the festival.[53][54]

In 2009, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's New York City annexe hosted a special John Lennon exhibit. The exhibit included many mementoes and personal effects from Lennon's life, but it also included the clothes he was wearing when he was murdered, still in the brown paper bag from Roosevelt Hospital.[55] Miss Ono still places a lit candle in the window of Lennon's room in the Dakota on December 8.[56]

In film

Two films depiciting the murder of Lennon were released in close proximity of each other more than 25 years after the event. The first of the two, The Killing of John Lennon, was released on 7 December 2007 (one day before the 27th anniversary of the murder). Directed by Andrew Piddington, the movie starred Jonas Ball as Mark David Chapman. The second film was Chapter 27, released on 28 March 2008. Directed by J. P. Schaefer, the film starred Jared Leto as Mark David Chapman. Lennon was portrayed by an actor named Mark Lindsay Chapman.

Of the two films, the low budget The Killing of John Lennon was considerably better received,[57] while Chapter 27, with its higher budget, was roundly hammered by critics.[58]

In 1994's "Forrest Gump", Tom Hanks' character Forrest meets with Lennon for an interview on the Dick Cavett Show. Shortly thereafter, Forrest tells of how "Some years later, that nice young man from England was on his way home to see his little boy, and was signing some autographs and for no particular reason at all, somebody shot him".

Notes

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  2. ↑ "Hours After This Picture Was Taken John Lennon Was Dead". Guardian Unlimited. 12 August 2005. http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/12-8-2005-83469.asp. Retrieved 26 July 2007. 
  3. ↑ Lucas, Dean (2007). "Naked Lennon". Famous Pictures Magazine. http://www.famouspictures.org/mag/index.php?title=Naked_Lennon. Retrieved 26 July 2007. 
  4. ↑ Smith, Harry (8 December 2005). "John Lennon Remembered". CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/08/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main1107803.shtml. Retrieved 8 November 2008. 
  5. ↑ "The Last Days of Dead Celebrities". ABC, Inc.. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Books/Story?id=2165256&page=4. Retrieved 26 December 2007. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Is That All You Want?". Courtroom Television Network. http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/assassins/chapman/7.html. Retrieved 4 May 2008. 
  7. ↑ 1980 Year in Review: Death of John Lennon-http://www.upi.com/Audio/Year_in_Review/Events-of-1980/Death-of-John-Lennon/12311726509558-11/
  8. ↑ "The Last Day In The Life", Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine, 22 December 1980
  9. ↑ "Descent Into Madness". People. 22 June 1981. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20079581,00.html. 
  10. ↑ Buskin, Richard (3 July 2007). "John Lennon Encounters Mark David Chapman". Howstuffworks.com. http://people.howstuffworks.com/john-lennon52.htm. Retrieved 6 May 2008. 
  11. ↑ Ledbetter, Les (09 December 1980). "John Lennon of Beatles Is Killed". New York Times. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Do It, Do It, Do It!". Courtroom Television Network. http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/assassins/chapman/8.html. Retrieved 4 May 2008. 
  13. ↑ CBS Evening News television report, 9 December 1980.
  14. ↑ ABC News Nightline television report early in the morning of 9 December 1980. The "Mr. Lennon" and "combat stance" statements were made several times.
  15. ↑ "Police Trace Tangled Path Leading To Lennon's Slaying at the Dakota" by Paul L. Montgomery, The New York Times, 10 December 1980, pp. A1,B6 (unverified quotes attributed to NYPD Chief of Detectives James T. Sullivan and in turn to an unnamed witness)
  16. ↑ "I don't recall saying, 'Mr Lennon'". Telegraph.co.uk (London). 21 August 2008. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2593371/John-Lennon-murder-Killer-Mark-David-Chapman-gives-new-details-of-shooting.html. Retrieved 21 August 2008. 
  17. ↑ Transcript of 2008 parole hearing in which Chapman denies calling out "Mr Lennon"
  18. ↑ Transcript of 1981 competency hearing in which Chapman says he did not say anything to Lennon
  19. ↑ "John Lennon - After The Music". Robert Soliman. http://www.robertsoliman.com/sites/johnlennon/afterthemusic.htm. Retrieved 6 May 2008. 
  20. ↑ Montgomery, Paul L. (09 February 1981). "Lennon Murder Suspect Preparing Insanity Defense". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9E00E1D8133BF93AA35751C0A967948260. Retrieved 6 May 2008. 
  21. ↑ Edwards, David (3 December 2005). "Lennon’s Last Day". Daily Mirror. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16442570&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=monday-8th-december-1980--lennon-s-last-day--name_page.html. Retrieved 4 May 2008. 
  22. ↑ "Lennon shot on way to see son". Thestar.com (Toronto). 10 June 2007. http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/223747. Retrieved 20 December 2007. 
  23. ↑ "Recalling the Night He Held Lennon's Still Heart", Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, Dec. 8, 2005
  24. ↑ "John Lennon Death Certificate". JFKmontreal.com. 22 June 2004. http://www.jfkmontreal.com/john_lennon/Death_Cert.htm. Retrieved 6 December 2009. 
  25. ↑ Ingham 2006, p. 82.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Cave, Damien; Matt Diehl, Gavin Edwards, Jenny Eliscu, David Fricke, Lauren Gitlin, Matt Hendrickson, Kirk Miller, Austin Scaggs, and Rob Sheffield (24 June 2004). "The death of John Lennon in 1980: 50 moments that changed the history of rock & roll". Rolling Stone (951): p. 140. ISSN 0035-791X. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6085503/the_death_of_john_lennon_in_1980. Retrieved 16 November 2007. 
  27. ↑ Buskin, Richard (December 1, 1997). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beatles. [[]]: Alpha. pp. 185. ISBN 0028621301. 
  28. ↑ List of celebrities cremated or interred at Ferncliff Cemetery
  29. ↑ "Lennon slaying linked to quote". Milwaukee Sentinel. 11 December 1980. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FdQVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EhIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6527,2565851&dq=john+lennon+cremated&hl=en. 
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Gentile, Fiorella Dorotea. "The Central Park Vigil, New York, 14 December 1980". Thou Art. http://www.johnlennon.it/english.htm. Retrieved 3 May 2008. 
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Clyde Haberman, "Silent Tribute to Lennon's Memory is Observed Throughout the World," The New York Times, 15 December 1980 pA1
  32. ↑ "Suicides push Lennon's wife to caution his fans", The Bulletin (Bend, Deschuets County, Oregon), Dec. 12, 1980
  33. ↑ "Divine Justice". Time. 6 July 1981. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922589,00.html. 
  34. ↑ "A Matched Pair of Gunmen", TIME Magazine, Sept. 7, 1981
  35. ↑ "John Lennon's Killer: The Nowhere Man", New York Magazine, 22 June 1981
  36. ↑ "LENNON MURDER SUSPECT PREPARING INSANITY DEFENSE", New York Times, 9 February 1981
  37. ↑ Transcript of 2008 Chapman parole hearing
  38. ↑ John Lennon & Yoko Ono-RS 335 (22 January 1981)
  39. ↑ "Lennon Leads List of Top Magazine Covers", MSNBC, Oct. 17, 2005
  40. ↑ "Strawberry Fields". New York City Parks. http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=virtualpark_southend_strawberryfields. Retrieved 17 March 2008. 
  41. ↑ "John Lennon". songfacts.com. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1668. Retrieved 12 May 2009. 
  42. ↑ "Lifetime Achievement Awards". The Recording Academy. http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Lifetime_Awards/. Retrieved 3 May 2008. 
  43. ↑ Robinson, Ben. "March Marx Magic". Ben Robinson. http://www.illusiongenius.com/3-2001.html. Retrieved 6 May 2008. 
  44. ↑ "Once-shunned Lennon now feted in communist Cuba". CNN. 8 December 2000. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/12/08/lennon.cuba.reut/. Retrieved 6 May 2008. 
  45. ↑ "John Lennon Museum". TAISI Corporation. http://www.taisei.co.jp/museum/index_e.html. Retrieved 3 May 2008. 
  46. ↑ "Background Information". Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Archived from the original on May 18, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060518123817/http://www.liverpoolairport.com/page.php?p=5. Retrieved 3 May 2008. 
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  49. ↑ http://www.lajornadadeoriente.com.mx/2006/12/08/puebla/cul113.php
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  53. ↑ Ross, John (19 May 2007). "Village strikes a chord with Lennon festival". The Scotsman. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Village-strikes-a-chord-with.3287730.jp. Retrieved 25 December 2007. 
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  55. ↑ Carucci, John (12 May 2009). "Yoko Ono displays John Lennon's bloodied clothes". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/12/yoko-ono-displays-john-le_n_202702.html. 
  56. ↑ Lennon Fans Remember From the New York Daily News and reprinted in the Palm Beach Sun-Sentinel, December 12, 2005, page found 2010-03-03.
  57. ↑ Studio Briefing - Film News Jan 8 2008
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Books and articles

External links

John Lennon
Studio albums
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band · Imagine · Mind Games · Walls and Bridges · Rock 'n' Roll
With Yoko Ono
Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins · Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions · Wedding Album · Some Time in New York City · Double Fantasy · Milk and Honey · Double Fantasy Stripped Down
Live albums
Live Peace in Toronto 1969 · Live in New York City
Compilations
Shaved Fish · The John Lennon Collection · Menlove Ave. · Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon · Wonsaponatime · Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits · Acoustic · Peace, Love & Truth · Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon · Power to the People: The Hits
Soundtracks
Imagine: John Lennon · The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Box sets
Lennon · John Lennon Anthology · Gimme Some Truth · John Lennon Signature Box
Books
In His Own Write · A Spaniard in the Works · Skywriting by Word of Mouth
Films
How I Won the War (1967) · Two Virgins (1968) · No. 5 (1968) · Honeymoon (1969) · Freedom (1970) · Fly (1970) · Legs (1970)  · Apotheosis (1970) · Erection (1971) · Imagine (1972) · Dynamite Chicken (1972) · Oh! Calcutta! (1972) · Imagine: John Lennon (1988) · The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) · Chapter 27 (2008)  · The Killing of John Lennon (2008) · Nowhere Boy (2009)
Family
Alfred Lennon (father) · Julia Lennon (mother) · Mimi Smith (aunt) · George Smith (uncle) · Julia Baird (half-sister) · Cynthia Lennon (1st wife) · Julian Lennon (1st son) · Yoko Ono (2nd wife) · Sean Lennon (2nd son)
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Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music (concert)  · Pussy Cats · Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon  · Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur  · A Toot and a Snore in '74  · Lennon (musical)  · Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (DVD)
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