Los Angeles: Hollywood actor Michael Douglas revealed that he became a campaigner to end gun violence after getting caught in the "fracas" surrounding John Lennon's murder when he was walking home past the Beatles legend's apartment building.


Michael Douglas. Pic/AFP

The 71-year-old actor was walking home with Rolling Stone magazine publisher Jann Wenner in December 1980 when they came across a commotion, and the subsequent killing of the Beatles legend outside The Dakota, the building where he lived, made the pair vow to try and change things, reports femalefirst.co.uk.