The Assassination of John Lennon

The Assassination of John Lennon

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The Assassination of John Lennon
The Assassination of John Lennon
Paul Goresh - The Stalker

Paul Goresh - The Stalker

The Obsessive Lennon Collector Who Took ‘That’ Picture

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Apr 29, 2023
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Lennon stalker and amateur photographer Paul Goresh was a very strange man indeed. The official narrative spun about Goresh is that he was a Lennon super-fan, who cheekily conned his way into Lennon’s apartment and then somehow became John Lennon’s friend and unofficial photographer – eventually taking an iconic picture of Lennon and Chapman together. A…

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