lowbasso
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Post by lowbasso on Apr 1, 2015 10:27:02 GMT -5
Steve has reported that Julian Lennon posted on his website that his mother has passed away at her home in Spain. Julian was with her. Always was a classy lady. RIP Cynthia.
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Post by OldFred on Apr 1, 2015 10:41:15 GMT -5
Met her at Beatlefest in the 1980's. A very sweet lady who deserved better. She raised a good son in Julian. RIP.
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 1, 2015 10:58:26 GMT -5
Oh no! I am stunned as this seems to come out of nowhere!
I've purchased her books and have mostly respected her although I was surprised by the Keith Badman Solo Years book on how often she would seek to exploit for financial gain her connection to John.
Still, she was the mother of Julian and there was a time when a young John loved her passionately. Rest in peace!
This is very sad news.
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Post by cosmo on Apr 1, 2015 11:32:04 GMT -5
Very sad to hear this news!
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 1, 2015 12:32:11 GMT -5
This video is said to be from Julian:
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lowbasso
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Post by lowbasso on Apr 1, 2015 13:06:41 GMT -5
She has John back now. I like to think everyone gets along just fine where they are now.....
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lowbasso
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Post by lowbasso on Apr 1, 2015 13:12:58 GMT -5
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 1, 2015 15:29:33 GMT -5
Paul has issued a statement:
"The news of Cynthia’s passing is very sad. She was a lovely lady who I’ve known since our early days together in Liverpool. She was a good mother to Julian and will be missed by us all, but I will always have great memories of our times together."
- Paul McCartney
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 1, 2015 15:41:55 GMT -5
Ringo's early thoughts: Ringo Starr ✔ @ringostarrmusic Follow Peace and love to Julian Lennon God bless Cynthia love Ringo and Barbaraxx 12:13 PM - 1 Apr 2015 An image from The Liverpool Echo: Purportedly January 1968.
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Post by stavros on Apr 1, 2015 15:43:44 GMT -5
I've posted this in the Beatles area as well. There is a nice tribute in pictures to Cynthia at the Liverpool EchoRIP Cynthia
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Post by sallyg on Apr 1, 2015 17:53:49 GMT -5
Deepest sympathies to Julian Lennon and all who knew Cynthia. Right before Julian would celebrate his birthday on April 8. I will keep Julian in my thoughts and prayers.
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Post by sallyg on Apr 2, 2015 3:46:21 GMT -5
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Post by RockoRoll on Apr 3, 2015 6:39:43 GMT -5
Sad news to wake up to yesterday, pictures and tributes were all over my Facebook site...She was one of my fav - Beatle wives/girls (along with Jane Asher & Pattie Boyd), she was like a 5th Beatle, where she was there before Sutcliffe, Best, Epstein or Martin.... I did manage to do a tribute for her on Facebook (very teary whilst doing it)..... Strange with her passing, like I knew there was something wrong? Why? 2 years ago, after starting a thread for her 74th Birthday, I was searching the internet for recent pictures and couldn't find any? The earliest photo's I could find was way back in 2010? When I looked at these photo's (refer below), she looked ill (overweight / aged, in tears etc.....I was going to start a thread back then (2012) on whether anyone had heard from her, seen any recent photo's, attended any public appearances etc.....But I didn't bother in the end with it (thinking that I was probably overreacting).... Obviously they've kept everything quiet (in however long she's been ill?), Julian never mentioned anything on his Facebook site, all he's said (yesterday?) is she's had a short illness with Cancer?, but what type? (was it related to her smoking, similar to George Harrison?) Anyway, RIP Cynthia, a classy lady who never stop loving John....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2015 8:32:39 GMT -5
Nice tribute Rocko. When someone gets to 75 years of age it's fair to say they will look old, as Cynthia did in those photos.
She was a good sort in her day, sad to read she is yet another cancer victim.
Rocko, i'd like to see your facebook page...
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Post by sayne on Apr 3, 2015 9:58:09 GMT -5
Here's a nice TV interview with Cynthia in 1995:
As I've been looking at old pictures, I'd forgotten how charmingly attractive she was. She held her own with Jane and Pattie. Also, everyone used to say how much Julian looked like John, but now I think he favored Cynthia more than John.
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Post by RockoRoll on Apr 3, 2015 18:41:26 GMT -5
Nice tribute Rocko. When someone gets to 75 years of age it's fair to say they will look old, as Cynthia did in those photos. She was a good sort in her day, sad to read she is yet another cancer victim. Rocko, i'd like to see your facebook page... Thanks Fabfour.... With Cyn, true what you say with her getting to 75yr of age, just amazes me 10yr earlier when she launched her book *John*, she looked all healthy didn't look 65 at all? Then 5yr later after she was at The *John Lennon Peace Monument* unveiling it with Julian (at a ceremony in Chavasse Park, Liverpool, on 9 October 2010 to celebrate what would have been Lennon’s 70th birthday) That was the last we seen & heard of her? To me looking at the photo's I posted she looked ill? Just wondering her (Cancer) illness which would have been in the last 5yr was due to her smoking, she was a chain smoker..... With her tribute on Facebook, all I had were these words Sad news to hear...*Cynthia Lennon*, ex-wife of late Beatles legend John and mother of Julian passed away today...A beautiful moving tribute (below) by Julian for his mother.....RIP Cyn...(Cry) emoticon
I attached the Julian video, and the video (from my last post here) of the Beatles - Every Little Thing (with Photo's of Cyn)
If you wanna actually see the tribute, I can send you a PM with the Facebook - Friend Request.....
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Post by RockoRoll on Apr 4, 2015 0:17:37 GMT -5
George Harrison - Facebook
Sending our love and deepest sympathies to dear Julian Lennon. May God bless Cynthia always. Love Dhani & Olivia
Photo of Cynthia Lennon by George Harrison, 1964
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Post by sayne on Apr 4, 2015 1:09:13 GMT -5
It was forgotten by a lot of us (or maybe taken for granted and not remembered) that she was the only significant insider not in the band who was still alive who knew the band pre-Love Me Do.
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