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'''Mark David Chapman''' (born 1955) was the man who murdered beloved singer and songwriter John Lennon of The Beatles, on December 8, 1980. Chapman was obsessed with the book "''The Catcher in the Rye''" by J.D. Salinger, and seemingly imagined himself to be that book's main character, Holden Caulfield. The exact reason why the book made Chapman kill Lennon, and the most likely explanation is probably that he is simply insane and whatever message he got from the book that inspired him to do it was unintentional on the part of the author, but there are several theories and for obvious reasons ''Catcher in the Rye'' (already very controversial for its constant swearing) has become much, much more controversial ever since this incident. | '''Mark David Chapman''' (born 1955) was the man who murdered beloved singer and songwriter John Lennon of The Beatles, on December 8, 1980. Chapman was obsessed with the book "''The Catcher in the Rye''" by J.D. Salinger, and seemingly imagined himself to be that book's main character, Holden Caulfield. The exact reason why the book made Chapman kill Lennon, and the most likely explanation is probably that he is simply insane and whatever message he got from the book that inspired him to do it was unintentional on the part of the author, but there are several theories and for obvious reasons ''Catcher in the Rye'' (already very controversial for its constant swearing) has become much, much more controversial ever since this incident. | ||