Cynthia:The First Beatle Wife

Cynthia Lennon circa 1967 (photo credit:unknown)

The world of rock music was once again stunned over the news that Cynthia Lennon,first wife of Beatle John Lennon has passed away.Cynthia,known as the first Beatle wife married John Lennon just as the Beatles were starting world domination.

Cynthia Powell was born in Blackpool,Lancashire on September 10,1939,the youngest among three children  of Charles and Lilian Powell.It was in art college where she met and later married John,and they both had a son,whom she named John Charles Julian Lennon,who would later follow his dad's footsteps into rock stardom.

With the Beatles trying to make it to extreme popularity,Cynthia was often the casualty on that scenery,she would often follow the band by riding in entourage cars and would often kept silent by the management as to not hurt John's budding music career.As a result,her relationship with Lennon later soured and John would later leave her when he met Yoko Ono in 1966.

Cynthia was best known not only as the mom of Julian Lennon but as the first Beatle wife who went through a lot of things,things that Linda McCartney had called Beatle "madness": having to get pass through the pressures of rock stardom,groupies,insane paparazzis and crazy publishing deals.

Cynthia wrote two books about her relationship with John Lennon and later married Noel Charles who died in 2013.Her son Julian, was said to be by her bedside during her passing.Tributes from Beatles fans around the world and from friends like Paul McCartney and May Pang poured in as the news of her death graced the headlines.

A memorial on Julian's facebook page was created to her memory.

(c) Keith Vernon Adagio

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