October 9, 2015 — John Lennon would have been 75 today.
I’ll never forget waking up on December 9, 1980 and learning that he’d been shot and killed the night before at the age of 40. I’ll also never forget meeting him as an 11 year old girl obsessed with the Beatles when he appeared on the Mike Douglas Show in Philadelphia. He was nice to me, taking the time to chat and giving me his autograph.
To commemorate the occasion, a Philadelphia radio station, WXPN, will celebrate John’s life and his music with local musicians Jim Boggia, Ben Arnold, Kevin Hanson and others during a free concert performance at World Café Live at noon. If you can’t be there to enjoy the show in person, the next best thing is to listen live by streaming it on www.xpn.org.
janemcmaster 
Great memories — The Mike Douglas Show. John Lennon lives on.