Cynthia Lennon has died

A very touching tribute by her son

www.julianlennon.com/cynthialennon/

Oh that is sad - it is so hard to imagine these celebs being so old. They are set in aspic in my mind as being young.

Yes, I didn't think she was 75! She always came across as a very gentle and dignified person and I'm sure her family will miss her deeply.

She seems to have had a rotten life, doesn't she? Perhaps not, though, as I believe she married again. Did she have any more children?

I once heard on the Radio, Paul McCartney describe how John left her and their son. Apparently, Paul helped her out financially, after she was left destitute.

She certainly came across as a dignified person. x

I think she married a further three times after John. Julian was her only child, they seemed extremely close. I read her book a few years ago. Obviously, it is her side of the story but it was so sad the way her and Julian were treated after he met Yoko.

Sad news, never did take to Yoko Ono.

No, that's one weird lady.

Sorry to hear about Cynthia. She always seemed a very nice person.

Sad news. I've always thought of Yoko Ono as Yoko Oh No.

Heard this morning on the radio that Hunter Davis (Davies?) says Cynthia was very badly treated by John Lennon even to the point that he slept with Yoko Oh No (like it) in his and Cynthia's home. What a love rat and yet I love his music.

Yoko Oh No (love it) always gave me the creeps.

i saw on line this morning that Yoko's "tribute" to Cynthia included a photograph of the two women together, along with their sons. Yoko talked about the Beatles family. Yoko doesn't seem able to accept that not everything is about her

I definitely live(d) in a well-known-people-free bubble. I'd never heard of Cynthia Lennon till I saw this thread. I assumed she was connected in some way to John Lennon but beyond that zilch.

I think the demise of the Beatles had a lot to do with Yokos arrival:

I didn't hit him; I don't know why.

Good Grief thatbags you must be young! I was one of those teenyboppers who loved to hate poor Cynthia because he was married to her! They tried to keep her married status quiet at first so as not to mar the Beatles image.

She loved John so much and he treated her so badly.

What makes me laugh about Yoko is that she only found real fame and prosperity off the back of John - even more so since his murder. It was common knowledge at the time that they weren't even living in the same apartment! You would think that the Beatles' success was all down to her when you hear her comments.

But she's the only one still writing and performing these days [I don't really count Paul]; much as I loathe men who play away from home and leave their wives I do think she and John were soulmates and that The Beatles had run their course by then. She was way ahead of her time with conceptual [sp] art.I do agree that Paul was always the good guy, just as Keith Richards is in The Stones.I doubt if John was the easiest of people to live with. My best friend looked just like her at the time and we had such strange looks when we went out.

So sad - Cynthia Lennon was only seven years older than me! She was part of our lives for a long time. RIP x

I was one of those teenyboppers too specki but my real inner venom was for Pattie Boyd as GeorgeI was madly in love (!) with George.
Strange how we see people so differently when we are older. I loved those years and am pleased I was a teenager in the '60s. RIP Cynthia. It was quite a life you had.

Tablet malfunction on my post above!

It wasn't just George; everyone seemed madly in love with Patti Boyd and I could never see what was so attractive about her. For some reason I was fine with Paul being with Jane Asher but Linda really bugged me. Strangely enough it seemed to be Ringo that ended up with really glamorous wives [although the woman that George eventually married is very classically beautiful].

Perhaps it would be fairer to blame John rather than Yoko for the way he treated Cynthia?He was a strange and selfish man.

Tegan - I'm puzzled - why don't you really count Paul?

I agree roses. Julian was his son and he seemed to show a lack of responsibility or care for the poor boy (obviously we only know what we are told). Tegan - I can totally see what they saw in Patti Boyd. I SO wanted to be her, I thought she was lovely. Linda bugged me too.