In Alan Clayson's view, the Apple scruffs' vigils ended through the individuals' personal maturation along with "the realisation that the Beatles as a 1960s myth would long outlive the mere mortals that constituted its "dramatis personae"". According to Bill Harry, the scruffs disbanded in December 1973, when Apple vacated its offices at Savile Row. The scruffs were drawn together again in the wake of Lennon's murder in New York City on 8 December 1980. As part of an international day of mourning on Sunday, 14 December, crowds gathered outside Abbey Road Studios, where Pritchard still worked. She recalled that, following a silent vigil, the studio engineers played Lennon's "Imagine" at full volume. She added that for the former Apple scruffs, it was especially tragic to learn that the murder had been committed by a "crazed fan".