Yoko Ono Shares Gun Violence Statistic on John Lennon Death Anniversary

Yoko Ono paid tribute to late husband John Lennon on the 41st anniversary of his death by sharing a stark statistic detailing the reality of gun violence in America.

Ono, 88, shared on Twitter Wednesday a statistic that read, "Over 1.5 million people have been killed by guns in the U.S.A. since John Lennon was shot and killed on December 8, 1980."

The artist and peace activist also shared a photo that featured the same statistic atop the bloodied glasses Lennon was wearing the day he was fatally shot outside his apartment building in New York City.

Ono, who married the rock 'n' roll star in March 1969 after meeting three years earlier at a London art gallery, has regularly tweeted the same claim on the anniversary of Lennon's death, adding more numbers over the years as the number of gun violence deaths in the U.S. increases.

Though the source of the statistic is not cited, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates there have been about 1.3 million firearm deaths in the U.S. between 1981 and 2019.

Source: Rachel DeSantis/people.com