John Lennons sons hang out at NYC apartment building where their father was murdered

John Lennon’s sons recently spent time at an unlikely place.Sean Ono Lennon and Julian Lennon were pictured at The Dakota, the New York City apartment building where their famous father was fatally shot in front of in Dec.1980.Over the weekend, Julian, 61 — the late Beatles star’s eldest child, whom he welcomed with ex-wife Cynthia Lennon — shared several rare photos on Instagram of himself and Sean, 49, at their late dad’s former home.Lennon had Sean with his widow, Ono, in 1975.“A Goodnight kiss for my brother, after spending the evening with him, having a lil dinner & chatting the night away, at The Dakota.

Something we rarely get to do…Thankful,” Julian captioned the black-and-white pictures.In one image, Julian was seen kissing his little brother’s cheek as the latter smiled at the camera.In another photo, Sean held a bowl of noodles as the pair enjoyed takeout.The final picture was a set of wooden doors, presumably at The Dakota.John and Ono, 91, moved into the apartment building in 1973 and, at one point, owned five units in the Upper West Side complex, but it wasn’t their primary residence.According to The New York Times, the Beatles star and his wife used the 6,000-square-foot living space as their guest home, a storage space and a studio for Oko.Lennon was famously shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota when he was 40 years old.In Dec.

1977, the musician took a memorable photo with his sons at The Dakota for the holidays.Julian never moved into the NYC building, but Sean grew up there.

While living at The Dakota, Sean became close with his neighbor, Grammy-winning singer Roberta Flack. “I was very blessed that I grew up with the coolest neighbor in the world,” Sean shared in “Roberta,” a documentary about Flack’s life.“At first, I didn’t even think of Roberta as this incredible artist and musician — she was just this really cool neighbor.

We used to call her Aunt Roberta, and we wer...