35 years ago today the Miami Dolphins played the New England Patriots on Monday Night Football. The Dolphins won. During the game there was an urgent news break, the woman on the television simply said, “We interrupt this program. John Lennon has been shot and killed in New York”.
That moment has stuck with me my entire life. At the time, I was 11 and I was only allowed to stay awake past my bedtime when the Dolphins were playing on television. I was on the floor closest to the television and heard her very clearly. My mother and father sat on the couch behind me.