40 years later, ABC7/WABC-TV New York is sharing a firsthand account of Lennon’s murder with Eyewitness to the Death of John Lennon. The program, hosted by ABC7 anchor Bill Ritter, features interviews with prominent members of the 1980 ABC7 Eyewitness News broadcast team. The special will also air on ABC7 on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 5:00 p.m.
The new special features interviews with members of the Eyewitness News broadcast team who were on the ground and covered the story, both in front of the camera – Geraldo Rivera, Ernie Anastos, John Johnson, Doug Johnson – and behind the scenes. It also includes the firsthand account of former ABC7 producer Alan Weiss who broke the story to the station. Weiss was receiving medical care at Roosevelt Hospital when the police and emergency responders rushed Lennon into the emergency room. He recounts the moment he witnessed firsthand the doctors working to save the former Beatle’s life, hearing Lennon’s wife, Yoko Ono, and how he broke the story to ABC7’s assignment editor.
The Lennon special tells the story that shook the world from a perspective many have never seen — as it happened, moment by moment, with rare and newly discovered historical footage, all through the eyes of Eyewitness News.
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