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6. I was 12 years old.

Mon Dec 8, 2025, 08:30 AM

Dec 2025

I was a MASSIVE Beatles fan. I woke up on the morning of the 9th and Strawberry Fields was on the radio, and then I heard the horrible news. I begged my mom to let me stay home from school. I don't remember crying, but I do remember that it was hard to process. Still is, a little.

My older sisters saw Bruce Springsteen in Philly the next night. He came out and said how hard it was to play, but immediately tore into Twist and Shout. They said it was the loudest crowd they had ever heard in the old Spectrum.

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