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Apr 15, 2023 · Gloria Abe married Mark David Chapman, the love of her life, on June 2, 1979. He'd proposed to her on a Hawaiian beach, just one romantic gesture in a long line of them over the nearly 10 months they'd dated. They met when Abe, a travel agent, helped Chapman plan an international trip.
- Andrew Amelinckx
The trip concluded with a brief visit to Atlanta to visit his family. He also began a romantic relationship with his travel agent, a Japanese American woman named Gloria Abe, whom he married on June 2, 1979. Chapman got a job at Castle Memorial Hospital as a printer, working alone rather than with staff and patients.
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Here’s a look at the life of Mark David Chapman, who was convicted of murdering musician John Lennon.
Birth date: May 10, 1955
Birth place: Fort Worth, Texas
Birth name: Mark David Chapman
Father: David Chapman, former sergeant, US Air Force
Mother: Diane Chapman, nurse
Marriage: Gloria (Abe) Chapman (June 1979-present)
As documented in the press, Chapman is known for an obsessive devotion to “The Catcher in the Rye,” J.D. Salinger’s novel about teenage alienation.
Suffers from depression and was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic by Dr. Bernard Diamond, a psychiatrist for the defense.
1971-1975 - Works on and off as a YMCA counselor.
1977 - Purchases a one-way ticket and flies to Hawaii. Attempts suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. Once recovered, Chapman takes a job at the hospital where he received treatment.
1978 - Embarks on an around-the-world trip.
1979 - Marries Gloria Abe, the travel agent who helped plan his around-the-world trip. Chapman then quits his job at the hospital and takes a job as a security guard.
1980 - Reads a book on Lennon and becomes enraged that Lennon has so much money.
October 23, 1980 - Quits his job as a security guard, signing himself out as “John Lennon.”
Dec 8, 2015 · After his hospitalization, he began working at the center and met Gloria Abe, a hospital volunteer and travel agent who helped him to plan a trip around the world.
Two years later, Mark met and married travel agent Gloria Abe. She grew up on Oahu, and they met after she’d arranged a trip for him to Asia. After marriage, he found work as a security guard at a hospital.
- James R. Coffey
Dec 9, 2021 · Hawaii travel agent Gloria Abe married Mark David Chapman in 1979, about 18 months before he shot dead John Lennon in New York City
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