Wednesday, 1 April 2015

The ballad of Cynthia Lennon, 1939-2015

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In the summer of 1968, reeling after she and her husband of six years had launched bitter divorce proceedings against one another, Cynthia Lennon received a surprise well-wisher at her home in Weybridge, southwest of London. His name was Paul McCartney


Cynthia was surprised to see him. After John Lennon started living with Yoko Ono, the rest of the Beatles showed Cynthia the cold shoulder. But here was McCartney, brandishing a bunch of roses and a sweet, over-the-top gesture; he got down on one knee. "How about it Cyn, you and me?" he said, according to the Beatles biography Shout! by Philip Norman. McCartney also mentioned the song he'd casually composed in the car, intended to comfort her son, Julian. He would later rename it "Hey Jude." Read more...


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