New York, NY -- It was 25 years ago Thursday that John Lennon was shot dead outside his New York apartment building. Shortly after the ex-Beatle was murdered, emergency room director Stephan Lynn found himself giving a strange order. All the linens used during the ex-Beatle's brief treatment were to be disposed of. Bloody uniforms had to be laundered or destroyed. Doctor Lynn was anxious to keep hospital materials out of the hands of ghoulish souvenir hunters. Lennon's medical record never went into Roosevelt Hospital's records room. It was given to a top hospital executive and placed in a vault. Doctor Lynn says, as far as he knows, it's still there today.
The Doctor Who Pronounced John Lennon Dead Remembers That Night
It was 25 years ago Thursday John Lennon was shot to death outside his apartment building.
