and frank gifford, and howard cosell broke the news during "monday night football." >> the newsped through the air shock waves. >> by 11:35 p.m., the word was out and almost immediately, mourners were gathering outside of the dakota for a candlelight vigil and they sang beatles' songs and sang "give peace a chance." >> i just felt like, you know, an incredible weight was just pressing down on me. was just extraordinarily, extraordinarily sad. >> it impacted all of us so severely, and it was as if a friend and family member had passed away. >> i think that one of the reasons that we felt that way about him is because we had embraced him as our own. >> on december 10th, john lennon was cremated in a private ceremony. four days later, on december 14th, millions of people around the world responded to yoko ono's request to pause for ten minutes of silent to remember john lennon. over 225,000 people converged on new york central park. for those ten minutes every radio station in new york city went off the air. >>> on the morning of december 9th, mark chapman, the man who killed john

if you think about it, too, you really are this generation's howard cosell? >> without the toupe. >> without the toupe. you say what you think is the truth and sometimes it's polarizing but everyone wants to hear what you have to say relative to a game? >> as i told you earlier, i think being on television i take great pride in it. there are not many black guys on television, to be honest with you. there are not. you look at all of the news shows, you know. there is very few black journalists. there is more now. but there never used to be any. when i get on television, i know i am representing black people. i tell them one thing. i am going to be honest. i am going to be fair. you are not going to like everything i say. but given this power, and it's a tremendous power, i am go to be fair. people. >> right. >> because you can't slant your opinion for people that like you because i figured out this a long time ago. it doesn't matter what you say. regardless. >> yeah. >> regardless. i remember, i remember going back when i was playing for the 6ers, i would thin

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