R.I.P. Cynthia Lennon

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:57 am

She died in Spain. She was 75.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... -1.2169609

To my big surprise, I met her once. My brother-in-law was friends with a local woman who did needlepoint portraits. She did a few of Cynthia Lennon, weaving in pearls & assorted stones & Cynthia fell in love with the work. They began to correspond & soon were visiting each other regularly.

One day, I was in my local mall & there they were, shopping & I was introduced. She seemed like a nice person. My brother-in-law met her & Julian a number of times & was even personally invited as Julian's guest when he did a club appearance in NYC.

Of course, my real memories are of her in the 1960's seeing her in the press, in India with the Maharishi, etc.

Btw, this needlepoint lady also sent her work to Yoko, who was not so impressed!

Another part of our lives, gone.

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 12:13 pm

My friends and I were all definitely team Cynthia and anti YOKO.

Her son Julian had a good song a ways back that I liked also. Can't remember it.

I do think it was interesting to read she had married 3 more times, yet she went by Lennon

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 12:30 pm

AnneBoleyn;1477053 wrote: She died in Spain. She was 75..........................

Another part of our lives, gone.

She was never famous or known for anything other than being Johns first wife, most people wouldn't recognise her on the street, don't think I would.

Makes you remember how old you are when these faces from your youth die.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:04 pm

flopstock;1477055 wrote: My friends and I were all definitely team Cynthia and anti YOKO.

Her son Julian had a good song a ways back that I liked also. Can't remember it.

I do think it was interesting to read she had married 3 more times, yet she went by Lennon

Most were Team Cynthia, I think. As for keeping the name Lennon? I sure would!

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:07 pm

Bruv;1477057 wrote: She was never famous or known for anything other than being Johns first wife, most people wouldn't recognise her on the street, don't think I would.

Makes you remember how old you are when these faces from your youth die.

That's because you were never a teen-age GIRL! My mirror tells me how old I am & I tell my mirror to go *F* itself! Youth is so beautiful. One can always look fine, whatever the age, but Youth Is So Beautiful.

eta---Joni Mitchell was hospitalized recently & her pic is in the news &....................I remember all the boys madly in love with her.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:15 pm

AnneBoleyn;1477063 wrote: That's because you were never a teen-age GIRL! My mirror tells me how old I am & I tell my mirror to go *F* itself! Youth is so beautiful. One can always look fine, whatever the age, but Youth Is So Beautiful.

eta---Joni Mitchell was hospitalized recently & her pic is in the news &....................I remember all the boys madly in love with her.

I might have been a teenage girl.

Anyway I don't need to look in a mirror to know how old I am getting, just stretching as I wake and the creaking shoulder pain reminds me daily, and that before I get to the bathroom......rapidly.

I have seen some really ugly youths.............but I know what you mean.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:33 pm

Bruv;1477066 wrote: I might have been a teenage girl.

I have seen some really ugly youths.............but I know what you mean.

You were not a teenage girl. As for ugly youths, you can't mean Mick Jagger?? Just kidding, he's still adorable. Now that I'm older the people I might have thought not so good looking look good to me now. My son complimented me years ago by not being able to look at my picture when I was a teenage girl because he was embarrassed I was so cute! And I was! Ironically, the photo was of me the day of the night of the Beatles first concert here at Carnegie Hall. Row 7, middle section. SCREAM!!!!!!!!!! My dad's client was Sid Bernstein, the producer! Lucky me & my best Beatle soul-mate friend! We got tired of standing around, & walked around to the back of Carnegie Hall & we realized that standing behind the glass, 2 feet away, was Ringo Starr! SCREAM!!!!!!!!!!! Did so much hysterical screaming back then, miracle I have a (hoarse) voice left. Those were the days my friend.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:58 pm

flopstock;1477055 wrote: My friends and I were all definitely team Cynthia and anti YOKO.

Her son Julian had a good song a ways back that I liked also. Can't remember it.

I do think it was interesting to read she had married 3 more times, yet she went by Lennon

Did you mean this track ? There is a definite Beatles/John Lennon feel about this song, don't you think ?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft-WVUgDP1I

RIP Cynthia Lennon.

I'm sure that Cynthia was very proud of her son Julian, and I'm also very sure that John would have been very proud of his first born too, had the ex-Beatle still been alive.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 8:22 am

G#Gill;1477068 wrote:

I'm sure that Cynthia was very proud of her son Julian, and I'm also very sure that John would have been very proud of his first born too, had the ex-Beatle still been alive.

We can't be sure of anything. While John was married to Yoko, he totally abandoned Julian, even in his will, leaving Julian at the mercy of Yoko's goodwill, whereas he was totally obsessed with Sean.

Howard Stern quipped the other day that if John were alive we wouldn't be seeing Yoko bellowing into the spotlight; instead, John would be working on his 5th or 6th wife.

Who Knows? John was a musical poetic genius but an abomination as dad to his first born. Maybe he would have changed, maybe not.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Fri Apr 03, 2015 3:26 am

Unfortunately, AB, you are probably correct. But was he just being like his own father was with him as a boy ?

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Fri Apr 03, 2015 6:55 am

AnneBoleyn;1477074 wrote: We can't be sure of anything. While John was married to Yoko, he totally abandoned Julian, even in his will, leaving Julian at the mercy of Yoko's goodwill, whereas he was totally obsessed with Sean.

Howard Stern quipped the other day that if John were alive we wouldn't be seeing Yoko bellowing into the spotlight; instead, John would be working on his 5th or 6th wife.

Who Knows? John was a musical poetic genius but an abomination as dad to his first born. Maybe he would have changed, maybe not.
Sounds like the relationships between myself & my Father, and the different way he treated my Brother.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Fri Apr 03, 2015 6:58 am

G#Gill;1477082 wrote: Unfortunately, AB, you are probably correct. But was he just being like his own father was with him as a boy ?

I don't think that is a good excuse, especially for a man as intelligent & sensitive as John Lennon. Also, if this were true, why was he so obsessed with Sean? We may learn what we see growing up, but that is not our destiny.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Fri Apr 03, 2015 7:02 am

FourPart;1477089 wrote: Sounds like the relationships between myself & my Father, and the different way he treated my Brother.

Sorry to hear that.