R.I.P.: John's First Wife Cynthia Lennon

Cynthia Lennon

Cynthia Lennon, first wife of the Beatles’ John Lennon, has died in Mallorca, Spain, after a brief battle with cancer.

She was 75-years-of-age, according to Variety.

Her son Julian Lennon announced his mother’s death on Twitter Wednesday morning.

Cynthia, who met her husband-to-be in 1959 at Liverpool College of Art, wed Lennon in 1962 after learning she was pregnant with their son.

She was married to Lennon at the height of the Beatles’ international fame – prompting a famous subtitle, “Sorry Girls He’s Married,” during a close-up when the band appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964.


She weathered Lennon’s casual touring infidelities and escalating drug use, but push came to shove in 1968 after she discovered letters from artist Yoko Ono. She sued for divorce. The couple was divorced that November.

She published a sometimes caustic memoir, “A Twist of Lennon,” in 1978.