JD Salinger RIP: Mark David Chapman Was My Agent
JEROME D Salinger is dead. Salinger wrote The Catcher In The Rye. You read it. It was OK. It was short. It sold in the millions. After he killed John Lennon in 1980, Mark David Chapman said he did it “to promote the reading” of that book. John Hinckley, who shot Ronald Reagan, left behind a copy in his hotel room. Shallow America read much meaning into this. More books sold. Killers can read. Who knew? Was Chapman just a literary agent who went too far? Salinger wrote one novel and three volumes of stories. He shunned the limelight with a scowl. These are the pictures of his life:
1350225
Police handout picture dated 9/12/80 of John Lennon's assassin, Mark David Chapman, now 45, who is to seek parole at a New York hearing after almost 20 years in prison. Chapman has become a model prisoner and a born-again Christian. Mark David Chapman, the man who shot Lennon dead 20 years ago, was tonight, Tuesday October 3rd, 2000. denied parole following his first bid for freedom. Chapman was told his wish to be released from the maximum-security Attica New York state prison had been unsuccessful following a 50-minute hearing. See PA Story US Lennon. PA Photos.
Posted: 28th, January 2010 | In: Celebrities Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
