Stiller mourned Lennon at vigil

Ben Stiller has revealed that he gathered outside John Lennon's New York apartment after hearing of the Beatles legend's death.

Aged 15, the Meet The Little Fockers actor lived blocks away from Lennon's Dakota building residence and joined thousands of fans in a famous vigil outside, following his assassination in 1980.

"I lived in 84th Street and Lennon lived at the Dakota, 12 blocks away. My friend Jonathan and I were fledgling musicians - we had a band and we were big Beatles fans. When we heard he'd been shot we went down to the Dakota and stayed out there in that crowd of people the whole night," WENN quote Stiller as saying.

"It was so sad I couldn't believe it. No one knew what to do - people were crying and chanting 'Give Peace A Chance'," he explained.

He also labelled the event as one of the most memorable experiences of his life.

"It was like group mourning and I think for a teenager it was a unique experience. I felt connected to him because of the music and because he was a real New Yorker. I always felt it was the coolest thing in the world that he lived in our neighbourhood," he added.