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.
RIP
Isn’t there a saying that Love is Blind. Looks like John was totally blind to exchange Cynthia for Yoko Ono who thinks she is talented.
“John traded her in for Yoko Ono? What was he thinking!”
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He wasn’t. Men (and women too) often don’t know when they have a good spouse. Always looking for someone younger, better looking or whatever.
The liberal socialist crowd worship John Lemon as a saint. I always thought he was a self centered jerk. But then again, unlike most of my contemporaries, I thought the Beatles were overrated.
Damn! Wrong One...
sad news, I believe Julian was very close to his mother, not sure how big his family is?
My thinking is that John’s mother died when he was 14 and that Yoko was more of a mother figure being as she was older than John and looked more matronly than anything else. But that’s just me playing amateur psychologist.
John should have never dumped Cynthia for Yoko-— but its all history now.
“Yoko Ono who thinks she is talented.”
She IS talented. At business management and wealth accumulation.
He tossed her and The Beatles over for Yoko.
In the end he was just another druggie.
He lost out on both counts with that trade.
Any guy like that married to *my* sister is a worthless punk.
yes--he said something like Julian was the product of a whiskey bottle on a Saturday night... that is so mean... and i believe he did not include Julian in his will... what a jerk...
Sounds like she still loved him.
RIP
RIP.
All I can remember is the line "She couldn't draw flies".
LOL
May this lady RIP.
As for the Beatles, I couldn’t stand them back then and I still can’t stand their junk even today. I have never own anything done by the Beatles.
I never bought any Beatles music either, but I did in time warm to three or four of their songs. I guess they needed lessons in compassion and consideration of others.
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