Posted on 04/01/2015 8:55:06 AM PDT by Borges
Sad news: Cynthia Lennon, the late John Lennon's wife from 1962-1968, has died at age 75 from cancer. According to a rep, her sole child with the former Beatle -- Julian Lennon -- was with her at the time of her death.
Here's the statement:
"Cynthia Lennon passed away today at her home in Mallorca, Spain following a short but brave battle with cancer. Her son Julian Lennon was at her bedside throughout. The family are thankful for your prayers. Please respect their privacy at this difficult time."
Cynthia met John when she was 18 and he was on the cusp of fame with the Beatles. They married in 1962 after she became pregnant with their only child, Julian Lennon, who was born in 1963. Their marriage was notoriously rocky, with Cynthia claiming her former husband struck her on one occasion.
"He was a very jealous young man at the time, and he had a lot of pain inside," she said in later years. "He wanted to trust me and he thought by seeing me dancing with a friend of his that I was being disloyal or messing around. So he smacked me, but that was the only time."
John divorced Cynthia in 1968 and married Yoko Ono in 1969, who he remained with until he was shot and killed in 1980. Cynthia wrote two books about their life together: A Twist of Lennon in 1980 and John in 2005.
Rest in peace.
She seemed like a pleasant and nice person.
RIP.
And he treated her like crap.
“Hey Jude” came to mind
And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain
Don’t carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it’s a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Read more: Beatles - Hey Jude Lyrics | MetroLyrics
Yep.
I seem to recall he was distant/cold to Julian too.
Oh yeah.
They look good together there. RIP Cynthia.
Oh but he is revered as saintly by our marxist cultural elites.
That bird has flown.
John traded her in for Yoko Ono? What was he thinking!
Hey Jude, the first release on The Beatles’ own Apple Records label, was a ballad by Paul McCartney. It was written to comfort John Lennon’s son Julian during the divorce of his parents.
More at http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/hey-jude/
She was the prettiest and classiest of the Beatle women, IMHO.
WOW.
She was pretty. Rest in peace, Cynthia.
Probably should have included that information with the lyrics. Forget that we all weren’t alive back then and knew the story.
Thanks for posting it
John traded her in for Yoko Ono? What was he thinking!
Yep, Yoko is one nasty piece of work.
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