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Paul Goresh, photographer who shot photo of John Lennon with his killer, dies
Paul Goresh, who famously snapped the only photo of John Lennon with his killer — one of the last pictures of the legendary Beatle — has died. He was 58. Goresh, from North Arlington, N.J., had been sick for some time, his cousin Rosanne Taylor wrote on a John Lennon Facebook fan page that he maintained.
...An amateur photographer, Goresh, then 21, was outside waiting for Lennon — who lived there with wife Yoko Ono and their 5-year-old son Sean — to exit. Alongside him was a pudgy young man named Mark David Chapman, who said he was also a major Lennon fan. When Lennon came out, Goresh got his shot — a tight focus on the ex-Beatle signing the “Double Fantasy” album that Chapman had been carrying. Chapman, 25, hangs in the background, slightly out of focus but in the shot.
Five hours later, Lennon would be dead — fatally shot by the eager fan who so desperately wanted his album signed. When Goresh learned what happened, he realized he likely had an undeveloped picture of Lennon’s killer in his camera...
Goresh kept the Minolta XG1 he used to take his famous picture. He told NJ.com that he’d known Lennon casually — mostly by showing up to take pictures of the former Beatle outside his Manhattan home.
“But John Lennon was as decent a person as I've ever met,” Goresh told the news site. “He treated me wonderful. He never bothered anybody and he wanted to be left alone. He was just very down to Earth and he liked regular people more than the beautiful people.”
More at http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/paul-goresh-shot-photo-john-lennon-killer-dies-article-1.3760884
...An amateur photographer, Goresh, then 21, was outside waiting for Lennon — who lived there with wife Yoko Ono and their 5-year-old son Sean — to exit. Alongside him was a pudgy young man named Mark David Chapman, who said he was also a major Lennon fan. When Lennon came out, Goresh got his shot — a tight focus on the ex-Beatle signing the “Double Fantasy” album that Chapman had been carrying. Chapman, 25, hangs in the background, slightly out of focus but in the shot.
Five hours later, Lennon would be dead — fatally shot by the eager fan who so desperately wanted his album signed. When Goresh learned what happened, he realized he likely had an undeveloped picture of Lennon’s killer in his camera...
Goresh kept the Minolta XG1 he used to take his famous picture. He told NJ.com that he’d known Lennon casually — mostly by showing up to take pictures of the former Beatle outside his Manhattan home.
“But John Lennon was as decent a person as I've ever met,” Goresh told the news site. “He treated me wonderful. He never bothered anybody and he wanted to be left alone. He was just very down to Earth and he liked regular people more than the beautiful people.”
More at http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/paul-goresh-shot-photo-john-lennon-killer-dies-article-1.3760884
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