Tuesday, December 08, 2015

John Lennon bodyguards were mysteriously missing when he was killed – DJ Andy Peebles

LAST week, to mark the 35th anniversary of the murder of John Lennon, DJ Andy Peebles revealed for the first time details of the legendary interview he conducted with the Beatle two days before he was shot dead.

Given that the Lennons never went anywhere without their bodyguards – despite John’s insistence that he loved living in New York because he could move around freely, visiting cinemas, restaurants and galleries without being bothered by fans – Andy remains incredulous that the minders were missing on the night John died.

He says: ‘They had their own two uniformed security guards, who accompanied them at all times. Blue blazers, slacks, built like brick outhouses. I didn’t get to learn their names. They were definitely armed: I could see their gun holsters under their unbuttoned jackets.

‘On the night that John was murdered, it turned out, they were nowhere to be seen. I have so often wondered: where were they?

‘Those guys were with John and Yoko all the time – apart from the night that John was killed. Why not that night?

‘For 35 years, there have been more questions than answers.’

It is a mystery which to this day has never been solved .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk