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Watch Paul McCartney Remember John Lennon During March For Our Lives Rally

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 24: Sir Paul McCartney joins thousands of people, many of them students, march against gun violence in Manhattan during the March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018 in New York, United States. More than 800 March for Our Lives events, organized by survivors of the Parkland, Florida school shooting on February 14 that left 17 dead, are taking place around the world to call for legislative action to address school safety and gun violence. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Paul McCartney was among the massive throng of people out marching Saturday morning (March 24) for gun control.

Stopped by CNN while he was with a crowd in New York for comment, the living Beatles legend paid tribute to the late John Lennon. Watch the clip below.

“One of my best friends was shot not far from where we are right now,” McCartney said.

Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman on Dec. 8, 1980 outside his New York apartment. Chapman will likely die in prison. Lennon was 40.

McCartney was sporting a shirt that read “We can end gun violence.” When asked what he hoped the marches around the country would accomplish, he pointed to the shirt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOGEHYqtS1c

This article originally appeared on Billboard.