Cynthia Lennon
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Cynthia Powell Lennon (born September 10, 1939 in Blackpool , England , † April 1, 2015 in Mallorca , Spain ) was the first wife of the musician John Lennon .
Life
Cynthia Powell grew up in Hoylake, a small town near Liverpool . At the age of 18, she attended Liverpool College of Art , where she met John Lennon. In 1962 she became pregnant, and she and Lennon decided to get married. The wedding took place on August 23, 1962 at the Mount Pleasant Register Office in Liverpool. The marriage was long kept a secret because Beatles manager Brian Epstein feared that if it became known, many female Beatles fans would lose interest in Lennon. Cynthia and John Lennon's son, John Charles Julian , was born on April 8, 1963 at Sefton General Hospital in Liverpool. The press found out the secret of their marriage in 1964, but Epstein's fears did not materialize; there was no negative impact on the group's popularity.
In 1968, Cynthia Lennon sued her husband for adultery with Japanese artist Yoko Ono . Initially, John Lennon planned to sue his wife for adultery as well and deny his own guilt for the breakdown of the marriage. John Lennon's claim that he had not committed adultery soon turned out to be a hoax as Yoko Ono was expecting a child from him. On November 8, 1968, the divorce became final and Cynthia Lennon was given custody of Julian.
On August 1, 1970, Cynthia Lennon married the Italian hotelier Roberto Bassanini. The marriage lasted until 1973. In 1978 she married John Twist, an engineer from Lancashire , England . Her first autobiography , A Twist of Lennon , was published that same year . After divorcing Twist in 1983, she reverted to the surname Lennon.
Another autobiography, John , appeared in September 2005 , in which Cynthia Lennon re-examined her relationship with John Lennon.
Cynthia Lennon lived in Mallorca until her death . She married her fourth husband, Noel Charles, whom she had met through her son Julian, on June 7, 2002. She died on April 1, 2015 at the age of 75 of complications from cancer.
Fonts
- Cynthia Lennon: A Twist Of Lennon . Star Books, London 1987, ISBN 0-352-30196-1 .
- Cynthia Lennon: John . 1st edition. Goldmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-15406-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Cynthia Lennon in the catalog of the German National Library
- Cynthia Lennon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The story of the Liverpool Lennons: Cynthia Powell Lennon. Lennon.net ( Memento from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Cynthia Lennon . BBC - North East Wales ( Memento of November 14, 2012 on the Internet Archive )
- Kamran Safiarian: Angry Lennon: The Beatles' first wife unwraps . ( Memento from October 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) In: 3sat - Kulturzeit from October 7, 2005 for the publication of John
- LD Meagher: CNN.com - Review: Another view of John Lennon. In: cnn.com. October 6, 2005, accessed March 22, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jenn Selby: John Lennon's ex-wife Cynthia dies after losing her battle with cancer. In: The Independent. co.uk, April 1, 2015, accessed on July 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Cynthia Lennon: John . 1st edition. Goldmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-15406-5 , p. 369 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lennon, Cynthia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Powell Lennon, Cynthia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first wife of John Lennon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blackpool |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 2015 |
| Place of death | Mallorca , Spain |