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John by cynthia lennon6/10/2023 Originally published as part of her 1978 autobiography ‘A Twist of Lennon’, these pen and ink humorous creations illustrate memories Cynthia shared with John Lennon and The Beatles. She stayed at home bringing up Julian while the Fab Four toured the world and topped the charts. An obscured life Born Cynthia Lillian Powell in 1939, she grew up in Hoylake, North West England. The couple were married on 23 August 1962 at the Mount Pleasant register office in Liverpool.Īt the height of The Beatles' early success she was, at the insistence of the band's management, kept in the background so their legions of female fans were not aware of her existence. She was a talented artist herself, and stood by John for over a decade as the Beatles came into fame and fortune. When performing in Hamburg with The Beatles, Cynthia would rent John’s bedroom from his aunt Mimi. The couple married just before Beatlemania transformed her husband into one of the most famous men in the world. I have not read 'John' but what I don't like is waiting for someone to die and than dragging their memory through the mud. I don't recall her bashing John much in that book but I read it almost 40 years ago. She later enrolled at the Liverpool College of Art where, in calligraphy class she met John Lennon. I bought Cynthia Lennon's first book a 'Twist of Lennon' back in the late 1970's when John was alive. After winning a drawing competition in the Liverpool Echo newspaper at age 11, Cynthia’s confidence in her artistic talent grew and she joined the Junior Art School.
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