John Lennon's last 'long, long' wish comes to light decades after his death

John Lennon, the late English musician and songwriter, got honest about his dedication to creating art until his last breath in his final interview before his death.

At the age of 40, Lennon was shot and killed on December 8, 1980, in the archway of his New York City apartment building, The Dakota. While returning from a recording session along with Yoko Ono, one of his fans, Mark David Chapman, shot him four times, and he lost his life before reaching Roosevelt Hospital.

At the Cannes Film Festival on Friday, May 15, some parts of Lennon’s interview caught attention in Steven Soderbergh's new documentary film, John Lennon: The Last Interview.

In his radio interview, which turned out to be his last, the co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles articulated his thoughts by saying, “I consider that my work won't be finished until I'm dead and buried and I hope that's a long, long time.”

Notably, this came just a few hours before the Help crooner’s brutal murder and weeks after he and Ono dropped their album Double Fantasy.

It is pertinent to mention that it was John Lennon’s return to music after a five-year break, which he took from 1975 to 1980, to spend time with his newborn son, Sean, whom he welcomed with his wife, Yoko Ono. He welcomed his first child, son Julian, with his first wife, Cynthia Lennon.