Did Mark David Chapman have a reason for killing John Lennon?
It’s been written that Chapman was a fan of the Beatles, particularly Lennon, but was reportedly angered by Lennon’s infamous 1966 remark that the Beatles were “bigger than Jesus.” Jan Reeves, sister of one of Chapman’s best friends, reports that Chapman “seemed really angry toward John Lennon, and he kept saying he could not understand why John Lennon had said it. According to Mark, there should be nobody more popular than the Lord Jesus Christ. He said it was blasphemy. Chapman had also read in a library book (John Lennon: One Day at a Time by Anthony Fawcett) about Lennon’s life in New York. “He was angry that Lennon would preach love and peace but yet have millions [of dollars],” said his wife Gloria. Chapman later reported that “He told us to imagine no possessions, and there he was, with millions of dollars and yachts and farms and country estates, laughing at people like me who had believed the lies and bought the records and built a big part of their lives around his music.” Th
