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LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, who pleaded guilty to stabbing his boyfriend to death in a confrontation in the early hours of Dec. 26, was sentenced Monday to four to 12 years in state prison.
William E. Swanson Jr., 22, of 38th Street, had pleaded guilty before Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III to a reduced charge of second-degree manslaughter, which covers reckless killing rather than intentional killing.
Swanson killed Troy Haslip, 26, by stabbing him once in the chest near railroad tracks on Ontario Avenue in the Falls. At first, defense attorney Robert Viola mulled a self-defense argument for Swanson, but instead Swanson took the plea offer May 23 rather than waiting to be indicted. Police originally charged him with first-degree manslaughter.
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Every year the National Family Partnership (NFP) holds a contest for students to create a theme about Red Ribbon Week. The winner's theme will go on to be developed further and used to unify and broadcast one message across the country creating a tipping point to change behavior concerning the use and abuse of drugs.
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Railways earns whopping over Rs 1000 crores from 'ticketless'; between Apr'17 to Feb '18
sources assess that an Rs 600 crore extra per year could be raked in
Ticketless travelers have fetched to the Indian Railways big time.
According to the Railway sources, the largest Indian employer has raked in whopping Rs 1,097 crore with the imposition on penalties on such ticketless travelers.
It emerged that the Railways have also come hard on the touts who were involved in black marketing of railway tickets.
The collection of over Rs 1000 crores is for the duration of April 2017 to February 2018.
Railways is also eyeing big revenues from what it terms as flexi fares where in fare is based on demand in premium trains.
Railway sources assess that an Rs 600 crore extra per year could be raked in with this scheme.
Railways , it was told, has carried massive drives to corner the ticketless travelers and this has also been helped by the fact that there are now CCTV cameras also installed in all major railway stations.
According to the report, 3 crore offenders were found travelling without a valid ticket between the period of April 2017 and February 2018.
In so far as geography of where most of the ticketless travelers were apprehended, the Railwy sources claimed that trains and railway stations around Delhi had the highest number of such travelers.
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For the second year in a row the National Bail Out Collective bailed out Mamas and caregivers, in all their varieties, to bring attention to the true costs of money bail and mass incarceration, and to get our people free! In the tradition of literally buying our people's freedom, we are setting Black women and femmes free from the jaws of incarceration in time for Mother's Day. This year nearly 6,5000 individuals gave over $440,000 allowing us to bail out more than 140 mothers!
National Mama's Bail Out Day is a coordinated effort by the National Bail Out Collective, a formation of Black organizers, communicators and lawyers, who are committed to building a community based movement to end pretrial detention and ultimately mass incarceration. The collective consists of nearly two dozen local and regional base-building groups as well as four national organizations with specialties in communication, digital organizing, cultural change and policy reform. Law for Black Lives serves as one of the co-coordinators of the formation and provides legal and technical assistance.
In addition to supporting bail outs the collective is working to advance critical policy changes and transform the systems that put our people in cages because they are poor, Black, unwell or in crisis. Over the last year the collective created the Transformative Bail Curriculum, a popular education training that roots our current bail reform efforts in a long history of abolition and the continued fight against mass criminalization. We collectively wrote "Until Freedom Comes: A comprehensive Bail Out Toolkit" that provides step by step instructions on how to plan and execute a bail out and bridge bail out actions to larger advocacy efforts. We also hosted a six-part webinar series about bail and bail reform.
The impact of money bail on Black families cannot be understated. Tonight tens of thousands of women will sleep in a cage, simply because they could not afford to pay bail. At least 80 percent of them are mothers and most of them are only guilty of being poor, unable to access health care, or being survivors. In fact, over 86% of incarcerated women have survived physical or sexual abuse and many will experience additional abuse while imprisoned in our local jails.
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Stanford Opens Spring Practice Today
March 1, 2010
STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford will get an early jump on the 2010 football season as it opens spring practice today on Elliott Field.
The Cardinal will hold their first of 16 spring practices today beginning at 4:00 p.m. on Elliott Field. The team will also work out on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and next Monday before taking a break for finals. The team's second spring session will get underway on March 30.
The 2010 Cardinal and White Spring Game is slated for April 17 at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco.
Here's some notebook items pertaining to the Cardinal heading into spring drills...
Stanford Football Spring Notebook
Stanford Returns 43 Letterwinners and 17 Starters
Stanford will open spring practice with 43 letterwinners returning from last year's team, including 20 on defense, 19 on offense and four specialists.Included in the group are 17 players who started seven or more games last season, including eight on the offensive side of the ball, six on defense and three specialists.
The Cardinal loses 16 letterwinners from last year's Sun Bowl unit, including seven on offense and nine on defense. Stanford must replace seven players who started seven or more games last season, including three on offense and four on defense.
Last Year's Record
Stanford finished the 2008 season with an 8-5 overall mark and tied for second in the Pac-10 Conference with a 6-3 record. the Cardinal earned a trip to the Brut Sun Bowl, where it dropped a 31-27 decision to the Oklahoma Sooners.Stanford's final record broke a string of seven straight losing seasons dating back to the 2002 campaign. Stanford's six conference wins were its most since the 2001 squad finished 6-2 and tied for second in the Pac-10 Conference.
Stanford Opens Season on Sept. 4 Against Sacramento State
Stanford will open the 2010 campaign on Sept. 4 with a home date against Sacramento State, marking the first-ever meeting between the two schools. The Cardinal will open Pac-10 Conference play in week two when it visits the Rose Bowl for a date with the UCLA Bruins on Sept. 11. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons' first trip to Stanford Stadium on September 18 will precede Stanford's visit to Notre Dame on Sept. 25.
All told, Stanford will play seven home games and five road games, with the annual Big Game against California slated for Dec. 4 in Berkeley.
Offensive Personnel
Stanford welcomes back 19 letterwinners on offense, including eight starters (seven or more games)--C Chase Beeler, OL David DeCastro, QB Andrew Luck, FB Owen Marecic, OL Jonathan Martin, WR Chris Owusu, OL Andrew Phillips and WR Ryan Whalen...Beeler, DeCastro, Martin and Phillips keyed an offensive line that allowed the second fewest sacks (7) in the nation last year while paving the way for the most productive ground game in school history that averaged 218.2 yards a game (2,837 total) last season...Beeler earned second team All-Pac-10 honors...Phillips, DeCastro and Martin were honorable mention all-conference selections...Luck should receive strong preseason consideration for the Davey O'Brien Award after passing for 2,575 yards and 13 TDs last year as a freshman...Marecic has earned all-conference honorable mention marks in each of his first three seasons and is widely considered the best blocking fullback in the nation...Whalen has led the team in receiving each of the last two seasons and caught 57 passes for 926 yards and four TDs as a junior.Other key offensive personnel returning to the fold in 2010 include RB Tyler Gaffney, TE Coby Fleener, WR Chris Owusu, TE Konrad Reuland, RB Jeremy Stewart and RB Stepfan Taylor.
Key losses include Doak Walker Award winner and Heisman Trophy runner-up Toby Gerhart (1,871; 28 TDs); TE Jim Dray (11 catches, 149 yards, 3 TDs); and OT Chris Marinelli (first team All-Pac-10; second team AP All-America).
Defensive Personnel
Stanford returns 20 letterwinners including six starters from last year's defensive unit...the returning starters include DT Sione Fua, S Delano Howell, DE Thomas Keiser, LB Shayne Skov, CB Richard Sherman and DE Chase Thomas...Fua has played in 37 career games (18 starts) and earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 marks last season...Howell finished as the team's second leading tackler in his first season at the strong safety position...Keiser has 15.0 sacks in 25 career games...Skov started the last seven games at 'will' linebacker as a freshman and finished as the team's third leading tackler with 62 total stops...Sherman, a former wide receiver, ranked fifth on the team in total tackles with 52 and tied for team lead with two interceptions...Thomas started the last eight games of the year at defensive end and finished his first season with 36 total tackles.
Other key returning defensive personal include LB Chike Amajoyi (six starts; 56 tackles); CB Johnson Bademosi (started last five in '09); DL Matt Masifilo (limited last year with injury); DT Terrence Stephens (appeared in six games last year); CB Michael Thomas (outstanding special teams player); and CB Austin Yancy (fifth-year senior).
Key losses include DE Erik Lorig (limited to just five games due to injury); LB Nick Macaluso (32 tackles in seven games); FS Bo McNally (team high 83 tackles and two interceptions); LB Will Powers (45 tackles; 13-game starter); LB Clinton Snyder (season cut short after eight games with injury); and NG Ekom Udofia (44 career appearances; 39 starts).
Special Teams Personnel
Stanford returns all of its key specialists, with the exception of holder Bo McNally...senior K Nate Whitaker converted on 16-of-22 FG tries last season and earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 marks...junior punter David Green has averaged 40.4 yards in 86 career punts...senior Zach Nolan is expected to hold down the long snapper duties for the third straight season.Junior Chris Owusu earned second team Walter Camp Foundation All-America honors last year as a kickoff returner after averaging 31.5 yards per return, including three touchdowns...Richard Sherman (15 for 154, 1TD) and Drew Terrell (11 for 71) split the punt return duties last season.
Looking to Luck
Sophomore Andrew Luck returns as Stanford's starting quarterback after earning freshman All-America honors by CollegeFootballNews.com, Scout.com and Sporting News, to name a few. He was also named the national freshman of the year by Scout.com.
Luck, who was at the helm of the highest scoring offense in school history in terms of total points last season, set a Stanford freshman passing record with 2,575 yards. He completed 162 of 288 passes with just four interceptions to lead the Pac-10 Conference in passing efficiency at 143.5. He also ranked second among conference signal callers in total offense (244.1) and was fifth in passing yards per game (214.6). His 2,929 yards in total offense ranked fifth on Stanford's single-season charts.
He threw for 200 or more yards in six games, topped off by a career high 423-yard effort at Arizona, which ranked as the third-best single-game passing performance in school history.
Whalen and Owusu Form One of Pac-10's Best Receiving Tandems
Stanford returns its top two receivers from a year ago in senior Ryan Whalen and junior Chris Owusu.
A dependable wideout who has led Stanford in receiving each of the last two seasons, Whalen caught a team-high 57 passes for 926 yards and four touchdowns last season, averaging 71.2 receiving yards per game (5th Pac-10). He enters his final campaign with 99 career receptions for 1,445 yards and five touchdowns.
Owusu led the team in touchdown receptions last year with five and finished second in receptions with 37 and receiving yardage (682). He averaged 18.4 yards per catch, which was the highest average on the team among receivers with 10 or more receptions.
The Running Game
After posting two of the top three single-season rushing marks in school history each of the last two seasons, Stanford will look to retool its running game in 2010 with the loss of Doak Walker Award winner and Heisman Trophy runner-up Toby Gerhart.Gerhart was responsible for 1,871 of Stanford's single-season record 2,837 yards on the ground last season, as Stanford finished second in the Pac-10 and 11th nationally in rushing offense at 218.2 yards per game. Gerhart was also responsible for 28 of Stanford's 39 rushing touchdowns last year.
Stanford's leading returning rusher? Quarterback Andrew Luck, who ran for 354 yards on 61 carries last year.
The Cardinal is hoping a trio of running backs - senior Jeremy Stewart and sophomores Stepfan Taylor and Tyler Gaffney will combine forces to offset the loss of Gerhart. Stewart has missed 10 games over the last two seasons due to injuries and illness. He has rushed for 526 yards in 26 career games.Taylor and Gaffney both saw significant time as true freshmen. Taylor carried 56 times for 303 yards and two touchdowns, while Gaffney rushed for 87 yards on 22 carries. Gaffney will miss spring drills due his commitments with Stanford's baseball team.
The Offensive Line
Stanford returns four of the five members who made up one of the nation's best offensive lines last season. Center Chase Beeler, along with Andrew Phillips, David DeCastro and Jonathan Martin helped pave the way for the most productive rushing attack in school history last season. The line allowed just seven sacks on the year, the second fewest in the nation behind Boise State (5).
Stanford will look to find a way to offset the loss of right tackle Chris Marinelli, who earned first team All-Pac-10 honors last season in addition to being selected as a second team AP All-American, with fifth-year senior Derek Hall, junior Tyler Mabry and redshirt freshman Kevin Danser the leading candidates.
Three of Four Top Tacklers Return from a Year Ago
Stanford returns three of its four top tacklers from the 2009 season, including strong safety Delano Howell, sophomore linebacker Shayne Skov and cornerback Richard Sherman.
Howell, who earned honorable mention all-conference honors last season, finished second on the team behind Bo McNally with 78 tackles in his first season at the free safety position. He also tied for the team lead with two interceptions and led the team in tackles in each of the last four regular season games, totaling 36 stops during that stretch.
Skov earned honorable mention freshman All-America accolades from CollegeFootballNews.com after finishing third on the team in tackles with 62. He appeared in all 13 games as a true freshman and started the last seven contests of the season at will linebacker and recorded a career-high 15 tackles against Oklahoma in the Sun Bowl.
After transitioning from wide receiver to the secondary last spring, Sherman finished as the team's fourth leading tackler in '09 with 62 stops. He also recorded two interceptions on the year, including one for a 43-yard touchdown against USC.Senior Sione Fua (6-18-24), junior Thomas Keiser (28-19-47) and sophomore Chase Thomas (20-16-36) return upfront.
Stanford will look to offset the loss of free safety Bo McNally, a two-year captain who led the team in tackles each of the last three seasons.
New Looks
Chase Thomas, who started eight games at defensive end last season as a redshirt freshman, will switch to linebacker in Vic Fangio's 3-4 defense. Fullback Owen Marecic will work primarily at middle linebacker this spring.
Fifth-Year Seniors
Stanford has 10 fifth-year seniors on its spring roster, including C Chase Beeler, DL Brian Bulcke, DL Joe Dembesky, OL Derek Hall, LS Zach Nolan, OG Andrew Phillips, TE Konrad Reuland, CB Richard Sherman, K Nate Whitaker and S Austin Yancy, along with one sixth-year senior, OL James McGillicuddy.
Cardinal Welcome Four New Members to Its Coaching Staff
Stanford added four members to its coaching staff in the offseason, including three new defensive coaches, one offensive coach and one special teams coordinator.Vic Fangio will assume the role of defensive coordinator and linebackers coach after spending the last 24 years coaching in the NFL, including the last four seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. He also has 11 years of experience as a defensive coordinator for three NFL teams, including the Carolina Panthers, Indianapolis Colts and Houston Texans.
One of the most respected coaches in the collegiate ranks, Randy Hart enters his first season on the Stanford staff as defensive line coach following a one-year stay at Notre Dame, where he served in the same capacity. The 2010 season will mark Hart's 41st year as a collegiate coach, with stops at six other schools, including Tampa, Iowa State, Purdue, Ohio State, Washington and Notre Dame. Hart has been a member of 22 bowl teams in his collegiate coaching career, including six Rose Bowl teams.
Brian Polian enters his first season at Stanford as the Cardinal's special teams coordinator after spending the previous five campaigns serving on the coaching staff at Notre Dame. During his five seasons with the Irish, Polian headed up Notre Dame's special teams units while also assisting with coaching duties with the defensive backs and linebackers.
Derek Mason enters his first season as defensive backs coach after serving as the assistant defensive backs coach with the Minnesota Vikings for the last three seasons.
In addition, Greg Roman was promoted to associate head coach and assistant head coach of the offense. He will continue to work with the tight ends and offensive tackles.
David Shaw will now work with the running backs, in addition to his duties as offensive coordinator.
Ron Lynn, who served as assistant head coach and co-defensive coordinator for the last two seasons, will assume the role of director of player personnel.
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Shoes of Prey: Experiencing Customization
I started following Shoes of Prey early last year, just before visiting their office in Santa Monica. The company started making custom shoes in 2009 and has been growing ever since. In the last year, their website, the primary sales channel, has evolved a lot. Taking cues from the pros at Shoes of Prey, here's what I've observed in their changes:
- They've increased inspirational pages and curation by creating small collections and features. By presenting already designed shoes to customers, they made the design process less intimidating.
- While they've introduced new styles and more styles, their configurator itself gives less choice to the customer during the customization process.
- They focused on creating an absolutely elegant configurator.
- A rebranding gave them a 'mark', a sophisticated logotype, a cleaner look, all the while leaving space for customers to have a hand in co-creation.
For those readers who aren't familiar with the term configurator, it is a choice board, an interface where someone can decide to make design changes to a product. A configurator can vary in complexity. In the case of Shoes of Prey, this is a visual configurator hosted in the browser. In other examples, a configurator might do cost estimation for different sizes and materials. There are many possibilities!
Balancing Brand and Custom
Companies working on customization have a delicate balance to strike when it comes to how much brand and how much customization they need to have to sell product. With too much brand, the company become only a brand and because it's easier, they end up selling off-the-shelf product and losing the edge that make them successful in the first place. On the flip side, too much customization leaves customers completely confused about where to start and what to design or how to fit themselves.
What Sold Me
I find it difficult to talk about fashion and the impetus for the buy without sounding frivolous and superficial. It seems somehow improbable that someone could simultaneously be pragmatic and love fashion. To me, these two characteristics are not at odds. My hope is that the 'future of fashion' is a space where we can evaluate from all angles and welcome each others perspectives as intelligent.
Trained as an apparel designer, it can be difficult for me to buy apparel and accessories I find in the stores. For me the challenge is part value evaluation and part "I can make that." The reason why I finally purchased a pair of shoes from Shoes of Prey is because I wanted a pair of shoes that were special, comfortable enough for daily wear, and that I didn't have to spend hours and hours searching online for. Not to mention, I had a need for a pair of professional shoes to take over the place of a pair that were at end of life.
Making something special
Every individual will have a different idea about what makes a garment or shoe "special." For me, it was two elements: a fun fabric and a hard to find color combination. Enter... the black pony hair. I wanted funky, textured, and black so I could wear these shoes in a professional environment, but still have a creative edge. I also wanted something that's hard to find, a combination of navy blue and black together. I often find myself pairing these two wardrobe staple colors.
Comfortable Enough for Daily Wear
Firstly, not everyone is after comfort, but for those who are, it can be hard to find shoes that hit a home run in both comfort and style. I admit that I don't wear the same shoes everyday, but I like to buy shoes that are comfortable enough to wear daily. I know I have a heel height limit to achieve that comfort level. For me that limit maxes out at 3". Unless the shoes are platforms, if they're more than 3", it's unlikely I will make it more than a couple hours wearing them. Heel height is a tiny irksome detail that significantly changes the shoe shopping experience. Suddenly, a 3" heel max in your search query puts you in a sea of shoes that aren't quite what you wanted. The recommendation engines are firing with comfort first Danskos and Clarks, which brings me to my next pain point, online shopping.
Making Online Shopping Easy and Engaging
The online shopping issue. I can fall into hours and hours of online searching for a pair of shoes and because I'm searching in a database style e-commerce site, it's difficult to engage with the product in a meaningful way. On the other hand finding a silhouette you like the shape of then tweaking it to suit your needs, like on Shoes of Prey, is an empowering feeling!
I will make a confession here. Before I bought, I searched. I wanted to make sure these shoes were good value. I looked for Pony Hair shoes across the internet and I hated every result. I thought the shoes were horribly ugly. They were also very expensive, on average 2-3x the price of the shoes I ordered on Shoes of Prey. From a value perspective, I felt like I was getting something worth spending money on, not just because I could customize them but because the value of the material, quality, and style.
You can create your own designs as well on the Shoes of Prey website. Their site allows you to save styles and purchase them later or keep tweaking the design until you're sure that it's what you want.


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Please register by calling386-676-3347
For centuries the seashell has symbolized pilgrimage, its lines representing the different routes pilgrims travel from all over the world, all walking trails leading to one point. In this month's Art of Healing Workshop, explore the symbolism of the seashell, a token we are so familiar with living by the beach. You'll then select and decorate shells to carry with you on your personal journey. We will use collage, markers and paint to practice meditative patterns while creating beautiful and unique shells. No experience is necessary and all supplies are provided. If you have any small collage papers you'd like to include, please bring them. All supplies provided and open to participants 16 and older. Class led by Kristin Heron.
A free, visual art program open to anyone in need of healing: patients, caregivers and survivors can all benefit from self-expression
Please limit yourself to one location per month so that others can enjoy this program. The same project is provided the 2nd and 4th Thursdays.


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It is not the issue I want my own work solely remembered for.Leon Kass
"Leon Richard Kass" is an United States/American physician, scientist, educator, and public intellectual, best known as proponent of liberal education via the "Great Books," as an opponent of human cloning, life extension and euthanasia, as a critic of certain areas of technological progress and embryo research, and for his controversial tenure as chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics from 2001 to 2005. Although Kass is often referred to as a bioethicist, he eschews the term and refers to himself as "an old-fashioned humanism/humanist. A humanist is concerned broadly with all aspects of human life, not just the ethical."
"Discover">Leon Kass, [http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/20-a-chat-with-george-w-bush.s-conscience interviewed by Francis Wilkinson], Discover, February 2008.If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous educators! More Leon Kass on Wikipedia.


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Ive spent quite a lot of time trying to figure out what this plant is called. I have two photos here; really hope you can help me. Thanks
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Sorry, I have no idea what the first one is but the second reminds me of Thistle.If this is it I suggest you prevent it from going to seed if it is not too late. I find this thorny plant to be obnoxious and invasive.
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Downtown Boise has experienced an influx of artisan sandwich shops in recent times.
Tasso, Even Stevens and Bleubird come to mind when discussing sandwiches that go beyond the pale of typical deli conventions.
Of course, the owners of Bleubird closed up shop earlier this year to focus on their new venture, Petite 4, on Latah Street in Boise. But it didn't take long for the Bluebird spot, an attractive corner location at 10th and Bannock streets, to get filled with another sandwich concept.
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Phone: 208-343-6167
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Menu price range: soups and salads $6-$9.25; sandwiches $9-$10.
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How do I duplicate a whole line in Vim in a similar way to Ctrl+D in IntelliJ IDEA/Resharper or Ctrl+Alt+↑/↓ in Eclipse?
45Do people not run vimtutor anymore? This is probably within the first five minutes of learning how to use Vim. – dash-tom-bang Feb 15 '16 at 23:31
107Would you like to duplicate this line?
Please. :) – Stavr00 Jan 26 '17 at 15:56
yy or Y to copy the line (mnemonic: yank)
dd to delete the line (Vim copies what you deleted into a clipboard-like "register", like a cut operation)
p to paste the copied or deleted text after the current line
P to paste the copied or deleted text before the current line
124An excellent point. For some reason though, I find hitting y twice is faster for me than SHIFT-y – Mark Biek Oct 6 '08 at 12:35
25@camflan I think the Y should be "copy from the cursor to the end" – nXqd Jul 19 '12 at 11:35
40and 2yy can be used to copy 2 lines (and for any other n) – Amir Ali Akbari Oct 9 '12 at 10:33
4@nXqd: Yes, a big percentage of users maps
y$. (Consistent with
C; (but not Vi compatible (no one cares.))) That is even proposed in
:help Y. – Aaron Thoma Jan 19 '14 at 2:48
10To copy two lines, it's even faster just to go
yk, especially since you don't double up on one character. Plus,
ykis a backwards version that
2yycan't do, and you can put the number of lines to reach backwards in
y2k, etc.. Only difference is that your count has to be
n-1for a total of
nlines, but your head can learn that anyway. – zelk Mar 9 '14 at 13:29
Normal mode: see other answers.
The Ex way:
:t.will duplicate the line,
:t 7will copy it after line 7,
:,+t0will copy current and next line at the beginning of the file (
,+is a synonym for the range
:1,t$will copy lines from beginning till cursor position to the end (
1,is a synonym for the range
If you need to move instead of copying, use
:m instead of
This can be really powerful if you combine it with
:g or
:v/foo/m$will move all lines not matching the pattern "foo" to the end of the file.
:+,$g/^\s*class\s\+\i\+/t.will copy all subsequent lines of the form
class xxxright after the cursor.
:help range,
:help :t,
:help :g,
:help :m and
:help :v
1When you press
:in visual mode, it is transformed to
'<,'>so it pre-selects the line range the visual selection spanned over. So, in visual mode,
:t0will copy the lines at the beginning. – Benoit Jun 30 '12 at 14:17
1For the record: when you type a colon (:) you go into command line mode where you can enter Ex commands. vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/cmdline.html Ex commands can be really powerful and terse. The yyp solutions are "Normal mode" commands. If you want to copy/move/delete a far-away line or range of lines an Ex command can be a lot faster. – Niels Bom Jul 31 '12 at 8:21
7Downvoted not due to a problem with the answer as such (although it wouldn't work for my situation, I have no idea the line number I want to duplicate to) but because it REALLY shouldn't be the top / accepted answer for this commonly searched question. – mjaggard Dec 12 '12 at 12:57
9@mjaggard: accepted answers are always at the top, regardless of their score. Yes I added that answer as a complement, and it seems it suited the OP well. – Benoit Dec 12 '12 at 14:57
:t.is the exact answer to the question. – Burak Erdem Jul 8 '16 at 16:55
YP or
Yp or
Yis usually remapped to
y$(yank (copy) until end of line (from current cursor position, not beginning of line)) though. With this line in
:nnoremap Y y$– Aaron Thoma Aug 22 '13 at 23:31
Don't forget poor old
yyP– icc97 Apr 13 '17 at 19:37
Doesn't get any simpler than this! From normal mode:
then move to the line you want to paste at and
31What did you use to make the gif? – Zoltán Jul 2 '14 at 7:42
19That was done with Camtasia Studio 8. Very easy actually. – Adam Sep 19 '14 at 20:15
3@Zoltán you can use LiceCap, which is small size – onmyway133 Feb 23 '16 at 15:29
1GifCam is a simple to use tool, too: blog.bahraniapps.com/gifcam – jared Jun 2 '16 at 13:44
will yank the current line without deleting it
will delete the current line
put a line grabbed by either of the previous methods
3This one came first but it's duplicate is accepted: stackoverflow.com/a/73357/1438029 – Geoffrey Hale Sep 8 '16 at 16:03
Do this:
First, yy to copy the current line, and then p to paste.
20Don't type the space. – Niels Bom Jul 31 '12 at 8:15
1Yes, if the cursor is at the end of the line and you type the space as shown you'll duplicate the line you yanked a 2 lines below the line you yanked. – user146043 Jan 9 '14 at 10:56
If you want another way :-)
"ayy this will store the line in buffer
"ap this will put the contents of buffer
a at the cursor.
There are many variations on this.
"a5yy this will store the 5 lines in buffer
see http://www.vim.org/htmldoc/help.html for more fun
yyp - remember it with "yippee!"
Multiple lines with a number in between:
177yy is equivalent to y7y and is probably easier to remember how to do. – graywh Jan 4 '09 at 21:25
8y7yp (or 7yyp) is rarely useful; the cursor remains on the first line copied so that p pastes the copied lines between the first and second line of the source. To duplicate a block of lines use 7yyP – Nefrubyr Jul 29 '14 at 14:09
@Nefrubyr or
:.,.+7 copy .+7:P – DarkWiiPlayer Apr 13 '18 at 7:28
yyp - paste after
yyP - paste before
You can also try <C-x><C-l> which will repeat the last line from insert mode and brings you a completion window with all of the lines. It works almost like <C-p>
This is very useful, but to avoid having to press many keys I have mapped it to just CTRL-L, this is my map: inoremap ^L ^X^L – Jorge Gajon May 11 '09 at 6:38
Another option would be to go with:
nmap <C-d> mzyyp`z
gives you the advantage of preserving the cursor position.
For someone who doesn't know vi, some answers from above might mislead him with phrases like "paste ... after/before current line".
It's actually "paste ... after/before cursor".
yy or Y to copy the line
dd to delete the line
p to paste the copied or deleted text after the cursor
P to paste the copied or deleted text before the cursor
For more key bindings, you can visit this site: vi Complete Key Binding List
I like: Shift+v (to select the whole line immediately and let you select other lines if you want), y, p
1 gotcha: when you use "p" to put the line, it puts it after the line your cursor is on, so if you want to add the line after the line you're yanking, don't move the cursor down a line before putting the new line.
4or use capital P - put before – Ghoti Jan 31 '16 at 11:05
Default is yyp, but I've been using this rebinding for a year or so and love it:
" set Y to duplicate lines, works in visual mode as well.
nnoremap Y yyp
vnoremap Y y`>pgv
I know I'm late to the party, but whatever; I have this in my .vimrc:
nnoremap <C-d> :copy .<CR>
vnoremap <C-d> :copy '><CR>
:copy command just copies the selected line or the range (always whole lines) to below the line number given as its argument.
In normal mode what this does is
copy . copy this line to just below this line.
And in visual mode it turns into
'<,'> copy '> copy from start of selection to end of selection to the line below end of selection.
1↑↑ best answer here! – nitsi Jun 3 at 22:05
very good solution – Brian Nguyen Aug 7 at 4:53
For those starting to learn vi, here is a good introduction to vi by listing side by side vi commands to typical Windows GUI Editor cursor movement and shortcut keys. It lists all the basic commands including yy (copy line) and p (paste after) or P(paste before).
I like to use this mapping:
:nnoremap yp Yp
because it makes it consistent to use alongside the native
YP command.
If you would like to duplicate a line and paste it right away below the current like, just like in Sublime Ctrl+Shift+D, then you can add this to your
.vimrc file.
nmap <S-C-d> <Esc>Yp
Or, for Insert mode:
imap <S-C-d> <Esc>Ypa
This leaves insert mode though, and just adding
ito the end to re-enter it breaks
undo, so the solution to duplicating lines in insert mode is not as trivial as it seems. – DarkWiiPlayer Apr 13 '18 at 7:30
This works perfectly fine for me:
imap <S-C-d> <Esc>Ypiinsert mode and
nmap <S-C-d> <Esc>Ypin normal mode – jedi Apr 14 '18 at 17:48
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*I wrote this last night while watching the Olympics, so it is from yesterday's perspective.
My body is completely thrashed and it feels wonderful...except for the staggering around with very sore legs. I was lying in bed, trying to wake up from a nap and was thinking about how sore my legs are and I realized several things.
Almost a year ago, I went for a long ride with my friend Sherry. She was getting ready to head to Madison for the Ironman and I needed to learn some routes for riding my bike in IL. We met on a Saturday morning at the trail on Raab Road and we headed out to ride around Lake Bloomington. This was my first real ride on my road bike. I remember thinking, "this should be too bad," but I wasn't sure how it would go.
Sherry and I started riding and she set the pace around 16 mph or so. She showed me the different turns and the house where the dog runs out to chase bikes. We made it out to Green Gables (they make fabulous cheeseburgers) and then headed around the outer loop. I had forgotten my water bottles back in UT, so I only had some Accelerade in some bottles with screw top lids. This meant I could only drink when I was stopped. Did I mention that I hadn't figured out how to drink while riding? I also had a really goofy helmet (they're all goofy looking, but this one was especially funny) and I had some toe strap pedals, except that I couldn't really get my feet in them while riding, so I usually rode with my feet on top of them. I think I may have managed to get my feet in the toe straps occasionally, but not very often. We made it around the outer loop and I was tired. The route is very flat, but I was feeling every single little slight incline. On the way back to the car, my legs were cramping up, I was really tired of sitting on that rotten, uncomfortable saddle. I was tired and just wanted to get off the bike. It seemed like forever. I made it through...but it was not pretty.
This morning, Sherry and I met at Raab Road and headed out to Lake Bloomington for a 3 hour ride. I've been staying up way too late watching the Olympics and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have done the ride if I was going by myself. This was a completely different ride than the one a year ago. Sherry ran 17 miles at a very quick pace and I struggled along at a much slower pace for 10 miles, so we both started the ride with not fresh legs. I had my new, less goofy looking helmet, my big girl pedals and shoes, water bottles with Heed, my Bento box with Shot Blocks and electrolytes...oh, and probably most importantly, I had some bike mileage and training under my belt or in my legs might be a better way to say that.
So, yeah, we headed out to the lake and were cruising along and I was feeling pretty good. We rode around the outer loop, just like last year, and then Sherry showed me the inner loop, which might have been my favorite part of the ride. Then, we headed back to Green Gables. Sherry suggested that I do the outer and inner loop again, and she would do the outer loop, and we would meet back at Green Gables before heading back to our cars. It was so gracious of Sherry to offer to do that and I really pushed myself and had a fantastic ride. I have learned that I love to ride fast. Sherry's husband Howard came out on his motorcycle to be our own personal SAG wagon and he was riding next to me at one point and said, "Are you having fun?" I think I smiled and nodded my head, but inside I was grinning from ear to ear (didn't want to eat too many bugs or have bugs in my teeth) and doing the happy dance.
Sherry headed back to the cars a few minutes before me and I rode hard to catch up. We chatted a little bit here and there and talked our legs into pedaling up the inclines to get back to the trail before we arrived back at the cars. When I got off my bike, my legs were seriously wobbly and I was thinking about the race next weekend and wondering how in the world I am going to run 7 miles after a 36 mile ride. I'm so glad that I got to get out and ride today. The weather was gorgeous and I truly loved being on the bike today.
As I think back to my ride a year ago and compare it to my ride today, I can't help buy smile. I don't have any quantitative data or proof that I've improved on my cycling, but it sure feels like I've made some huge improvements. I rode in my clipless pedals with absolutely no problems at all. There were no tipovers. I ate my shot blocks with absolutely no issues and even managed to drink two bottles of fluids. I rode in my aerobars. My cornering has improved tremendously and my hill climbing and gearing is so much better than it's ever been. My confidence has increased and like I mentioned earlier I am really learning to love riding. I'm actually looking forward to my next ride... What a difference a year makes!
18 August 2008
One year ago...
*I wrote this last night while watching the Olympics, so it is from yesterday's perspective.
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I will post more as I come across them- what a hoot! In the mean time, our friend Linda sent this poem to us- written by Dorothy Keely
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Said Father and looked, but saw
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Then I laughed out aloud
And I wiggled my toes
And Father said —"Look, dear,
I wonder if those
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On the surface, celebrities seem to have it all: a lavish lifestyle and an adoring public inspire envy among us. If only we could be equally worshipped and adored, wealthy and esteemed, how much easier would our lives be? It often sounds too good to be true. Because it is. There are very terrifying aspects of being rich and famous and well.
Many are tracked by disturbed stalkers who feel a warped sense of entitlement. Others are locked in contentious relationships that crumble from the pressures of success. A friendly rivalry can turn toxic. Major business deals are often disastrous. And any one of those scenarios can turn deadly. Sometimes, the dangers of fame far outweigh the benefits, ending in tragedy.
A celebrity murder is always shocking--the endless media coverage is both traumatic and transfixing for fans. It captures our imagination and unnerves us: if it could happen to them, it could happen to anyone. And every anniversary of their tragic deaths inspires new contemplation, rumors and context.
Here are the 15 most shocking celebrity murders of all time: actors, musicians, models and other iconic public figures, all gone much too soon, for reasons almost impossible to comprehend.
15 Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur was (and remains) one of the most popular artists in hip-hop history. His politicized lyrics showed an artist full of bravado yet artistically sensitive. And it was between those two poles that brought him fame and tragedy.
Shakur had been a vocal participant in the East Coast/West Coast feud with New York City rapper Biggie Smalls (aka, Christopher Wallace), but the beef became so heated that many believe it led to Shakur's murder in 1996.
After leaving a Las Vegas boxing match in associate Suge Knight's 1996 BMW, Shakur was shot four times by an unknown shooter, and would later die from internal bleeding at a local hospital at the age of 25.
The first suspect was Orlando Anderson, a notorious member of the L.A. street gang the Crips, but he was cleared by police. Biggie Smalls emphatically denied any involvement and was also never charged (more on him next). The FBI also investigated the Jewish Defense League for issuing death threats against Shakur, but to no avail. It remains a mystery to this day.
14 Christopher Wallace (Biggie Smalls)
Christopher George Latore Wallace (aka, The Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls) was one of New York City's most famous rappers, with a subdued style that made him stand out against his peers. But like rival Tupac Shakur, Wallace would die at a young age from gunshot wounds.
Wallace attended the 1997 Soul Train Music Awards, where the tension between West and East Coast gangs was notably palpable, with many in the crowd still holding the rapper responsible for Shakur's death.
After leaving the awards ceremony, Wallace was shot at a red light by a man wielding a 9 mm blue-steel pistol. He suffered four bullet wounds to the chest and died shortly after arriving at L.A.'s Cesar-Sinai hospital.
Like Shakur, Wallace's murder remains unsolved (Suge Knight was the initial suspect, but was never charged). In a recent interview, Wallace's mother stated that she thinks she knows who killed him, but blamed the L.A.P.D. for covering up the investigation as part of the Rampart corruption scandal of the late '90s. We may never know for sure what happened.
13 Phil Hartman
One of the most beloved cast members of Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, and the '90s hit sitcom News Radio, Phil Hartman seemed to have it all. However, his personal life was filled with discord. Hartman was married three times, with the first two collapsing into divorce. But it was his third marriage that would prove fatal.
Hartman's wife Brynn Omdahl had aspirations for becoming an actor, but felt dwarfed by her husband's success. This combined with her drug use led to an extremely unstable relationship, barely held together due to their two children. She was also deeply jealous of Hartman's friendship with fellow SNL veteran Jan Hooks.
All this came to a head on May 27, 1998. After an argument with Hartman, who threatened divorce if she didn't get help for her addictions, Omdahl shot him to death, later taking her own life. Hartman's murder rocked Hollywood, and deeply affected his SNL alumni, including Jon Lovitz, who blamed Hartman's News Radio co-star Andy Dick for introducing Omdahl to cocaine. Dick has repeatedly denied the charge.
12 Dominique Dunne
Dominique Dunne, the daughter of actor/author Dominick Dunne, is best known for her appearance in the classic '80s horror film Poltergeist. Sadly, her life ended more horrifically than any scary movie.
Dunne was involved in an abusive relationship with fellow actor John Thomas Sweeney. At one point, he left her so bruised that her injuries were apparent in a guest appearance on the cop drama Hill Street Blues.
Dunne tried to end the relationship, but things led to tragedy on the evening of November 4, 1982, when Sweeney strangled her to death on the front porch of her home. Sweeney fully confessed to the crimes, but his conviction was met with outrage, serving only three and a half years after he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
The previously mentioned Hill Street Blues episode (which came with a tragic air of irony, as she was portraying a domestic abuse victim), aired after her death and was dedicated to her memory. It proved a tragically fitting epitaph to a life cut far too short. She was only 22.
11 Selena
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was a transformational artist during the 1990s, bringing her fusion of Tejano and Cumbia to a worldwide audience. The singer helped to expand the reach of a subculture previously confined to the Latin market. But her multicultural breakthrough success came at a heavy price. It was so stratospheric and widespread that it allowed for opportunistic betrayal in the form of Yolanda Saldívar, a rabid fan who was promoted from the singer's fan club president to manager of Quintanilla-Pérez's line of clothing boutiques.
Things took a turn for the worse when the vocalist discovered Saldívar was embezzling her clothing line profits, and she was terminated shortly thereafter. Three weeks later, the two reconnected in a hotel room, with Selena requesting financial records Saldívar had been withholding. An argument ensued, ending with Saldívar shooting the singer in the back. She would later die of the injury, two weeks from her 24th birthday.
10 Dimebag Darrell
Pantera's Dimebag Darrell Abbott is one of the most legendary guitarists in metal history, forging a unique mix of Texas blues and Sabbath snarl that spurred his band to greatness in the '90s. But after the group folded in 2003, he would soon become a tragic figure.
Abbott would go on to form another band, Damageplan, with his brother (and Pantera drummer) Vinnie Paul. During a 2004 tour stop in Columbus, Ohio, Abbott was attacked by Nathan Gale, a 25-year-old former Marine. Abbott was shot five times in the head from Gale's 9 mm Beretta 92FS, dying instantly. Gale would also kill three bystanders and wounded seven others before he was killed by police.
Although the reasons for Gale's attack have never been fully understood, one theory is that he was upset about Pantera's breakup, blaming Abbott and his brother. Another train of thought is that he thought the guitarist had stolen one of his songs. In the end, both reasons feels senseless and cruel, and impossible to comprehend, robbing the world of a true musical talent.
9 Jam Master Jay
Jam Master Jay's (real name: Jason William Mizell) DJ skills helped put RUN DMC on the map as one of the most iconic groups in hip-hop. His sampling of rock guitar over rap beats was so influential that he even ranked 10th on Spin magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. By all accounts, he was beloved by peers and fans alike.
This makes Mizeel's death all the more puzzling. He was shot to death on October 30, 2002 while recording in a Jamaica, Queens recording studio by an unknown assailant. Over the years there have been several suspects named, most notably Ronald "Tenad" Washington, who was a former associate of the aforementioned Tupac Shakur. Court papers declared that Washington "pointed his gun at those present in the studio, ordered them to get on the ground and provided cover for his associate to shoot and kill Jason Mizell."
Washington was never convicted, and the murder of Mizeel remains an open investigation. A horrific end to such an innovative talent.
8 Rebecca Schaeffer
Rebecca Schaeffer was an up and coming young actress, garnering attention for co-starring in the CBS sitcom My Sister Sam (opposite Mork and Mindy's Pam Dawber). After My Sister Sam was cancelled midway through its second season, Schaeffer moved on to several film roles until her life was tragically cut short on July 18, 1989at the tender age of 21.
Schaeffer was shot to death by Robert John Bardo, who had relentlessly stalked the actress for three years. He murdered Schaeffer after seeing her in a sex scene in the film Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills. Bardo claimed she was just "another Hollywood wh***" who deserved to die.
He was sentenced to life in prison for his crimes, and the media exposure of Schaeffer's tragic passing raised such awareness for the dangers of stalking that it led to the passage of the first anti-stalking law in 1990, a crucial first step in combating a disturbing and terrifying criminal trend.
7 Dorothy Stratten
Dorothy Stratten, a Canadian model and actress, was the Playboy Playmate of August 1979. She also appeared in several television shows, including Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and Fantasy Island, gaining praise for her comedic abilities. Unfortunately for Stratten, she was also involved in an abusive relationship with Paul Snider, who in addition to being her husband was also her business manager.
She was encouraged by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner to cut ties with Snider, calling him a "hustler and a pimp." Their toxic union would lead her to start an affair with acclaimed director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show). She attempted to end her marriage to Snider, who in turn hired a private investigator to track her whereabouts. He described Stratten as his meal ticket, his "rocket to the moon," and he couldn't accept being spurned both romantically and professionally.
In the end, Snider's erratic behavior and unchecked jealously turned tragic: he shot Stratten to death, then abused her corpse and later took his own life.
6 Gianni Versace
One of the most influential designers in the history of fashion, Gianni Versace will be forever remembered for his multi-faceted design aesthetic that covered everything from clothing, perfume, home furnishings, cosmetics, and even extended to costume design for television and film. Unfortunately, he will also be remembered for his tragic and shocking death in 1997.
Versace was shot and killed on the steps of his Miami mansion after a morning walk. The assailant was Andrew Cunanan, a serial killer who murdered four other victims prior to Versace. Cunanan would eventually take his own life, shooting himself in the head on a houseboat. The motives for Versace's murder (as well as the four other victims) remains unclear, with Miami Beach Police Chief Richard Barreto noting at the time that "I don't know that we are ever going to know the answers."
Versace's death will be further explored on the upcoming season of Ryan Murphy's American Crime Story.
5 Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye is one of the most iconic singers of all time, renowned for his pioneering fusion of soul, R&B, funk, and jazz. But like so many great artists, the Motown legend had a troubled personal life, enduring child abuse and struggling with depression and drug addiction. At one point, he tried committing suicide, with Motown founder Berry Gordy intervening before he could follow-through with the act. It seemed that the worst was behind him.
Gaye's strained relationship with his parents reached a fever pitch in 1984, however, when the singer got into a physical altercation with his father (Marvin Gay Sr.) in an attempt to break up a fight between him and his mother. Shortly thereafter, his father shot him to death.
Gaye's father received just a 6 year suspended sentence with probation, with his charges dropped from first-degree murder to voluntary manslaughter after it was revealed that a brain tumor may have contributed to his unstable behavior.
4 Bob Crane
Bob Crane lived a double-life: in public, he was the wholesome star of sitcom Hogan's Heroes, playing the wise cracking Colonel Hogan. He was also a doting husband and father and noted Conservative. But in private, he was a sex addict who filmed and photographed his copious carnal adventures with female admirers.
In the end, Crane's compulsive behavior sealed his fate. The actor was found murdered in the bedroom of his Scottsdale, Arizona apartment. And the method of death was (allegedly) bludgeoning by a camera tripod. Crane's bizarre murder exposed his secret obsessions, becoming one of the most tawdry murder cases in Hollywood. It was also one of the most mysterious, inspiring the movie Autofocus in 2002.
Finding Crane's murderer proved difficult for the Scottsdale police, but the primary suspect was John Carpenter, Crane's friend who also participated in his sexual hijinks, and who was reportedly upset when Crane tried to end their friendship. He was later acquitted (although widely considered guilty in the court of public opinion), and died four years later. The case remains unsolved.
3 Sharon Tate
The 1969 murder of Sharon Tate is one of the most famous (and disturbing) crime stories in American history. The budding actress was entertaining friends in her Los Angeles home when they were attacked by Tex Watson, Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, and Patricia Krenwinkel: all members of "The Manson Family." Tate, who was two weeks from giving birth at the time, pleaded for her life, but was stabbed 16 times. She would die from her wounds.
In all, 10 people were murdered by the murderous cult over a two day period. It created a sense of panic and media frenzy that was unparalleled at the time, making figurehead Charles Manson a household name.
The trial of Manson (who orchestrated, but didn't carry out the killings) and his brainwashed followers became a three-ring-circus, with cult members vocally disrupting the proceedings, and showing a complete disregard for human life. In the end, the failed rock star turned criminal svengali was sentenced to life in prison, with his various attempts at gaining parole bringing his grisly crimes back in the spotlight time and time again.
2 Nicole Brown Simpson
On the surface, O.J. and Nicole Brown Simpson had an idyllic marriage. Public photos showed what appeared to be a happy couple with beaming smiles. But the truth couldn't have been more different. They had a toxic abusive relationship that turned physical, with Simpson pleading no contest to spousal abuse in 1989. They divorced soon afterwards, but attempted to reconcile. It didn't last long.
Nicole Brown Simpson was found murdered on June 13, 1994 outside her home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, having been stabbed multiple times. Beside her was the body of Ron Goldman, also stabbed to death. The revelation turned America upside down.
O.J. Simpson became the primary suspect in "the trial of the century," a legal case that divided the court of public opinion on racial lines and dominated television news. In the end, Simpson was acquitted in a criminal trial, but was later found guilty in a civil suit. When he was sentenced to prison for unrelated crimes in 2008, many viewed it as delayed karma.
1 John Lennon
As mentioned earlier, celebrity murders unnerve partly because they show that no one is invulnerable, despite fame and riches. But it's also because fans of the deceased drew inspiration and solace from their talents. That separation of talent and audience can prove heartbreaking. Such was the case with John Lennon, the voice of a generation.
The Beatles vocalist was murdered by Mark David Chapman, who had previously asked Lennon to sign a copy of his album Double Fantasy, outside of Lennon's New York City apartment building. The star reportedly asked Chapman, "Is this all you want?" Sadly, the answer was no.
Chapman returned to Lennon's building on December 8, 1980, fatally shooting him four times, blaming his actions were inspired by the book The Catcher in the Rye. He was sentenced to life in prison.
The response to Lennon's death was overwhelming, with a worldwide mourning matching the deaths of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King. For a singer who espoused pacifism, his violent end seemed especially cruel.
That wraps up our list of the 15 most shocking celebrity murders. Which celebrity death had the biggest impact upon you? Tell us in the comments.


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