Cynthia Powell Lennon (born September 10, 1939) was the first wife of John Lennon. September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Lennon in Fall 1968 John Winston Lennon, later John Ono Lennon, (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), was best known as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist for The Beatles. ...

Born in Blackpool, England, she grew up in Hoylake, Merseyside, not far from Liverpool. At 18 she was attending Liverpool Art College, where she met Lennon, who was a year younger than her, and they began dating the following spring. In the summer of 1962, she discovered she was pregnant with his child. The Tower, Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in England, on the coast of the Irish Sea. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Categories: UK geography stubs | Wirral, Villages and Towns | Towns in Merseyside ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county, created in the 1974 local government reform. ... Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough on Merseyside in north west England, on the north side of the Mersey estuary. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

They married on August 23 at the Mount Pleasant Registry Office in Liverpool. Their marriage was kept a secret at the request of the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein, who believed the Beatles' female fans might lose interest if they knew John was married. Epstein's wedding gift to the pair was an apartment he kept in Liverpool, so they could have a private home. August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... The Beatles (L-R, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon), in 1964, performing on The Ed Sullivan Show promoting their first U.S. hit song, I Want To Hold Your Hand, and ushering in the British Invasion of American popular music. ... Brian Epstein, The Beatles Manager and a force behind the groups early success. ...

Their son, John Charles Julian Lennon, was born April 8, 1963, at Sefton General Hospital in Liverpool. Julian Lennon Julian Lennon (christened John Charles Julian Lennon), born April 8, 1963 in Liverpool, England is a British singer, songwriter, musician, first son of Beatle John Lennon and Cynthia Powell. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... General Hospital is the longest-running daytime soap opera on the American ABC television network, and is also the longest-running soap opera produced in Hollywood (having been taped at the Prospect Avenue ABC Television Center West since its inception). ...

The press found out about John's marriage later that year, after Beatlemania swept England and Europe; luckily his fans accepted John's marriage and fatherhood as part of his unique character. Cynthia gained some favourable coverage in the press, and later had her own fan club - the only Beatle wife to have this happen, in the Sixties. Despite the positive aspects, the press and the Beatles' fans were always clamouring to get a glimpse of Julian, or photos of mother and son, or probe Cynthia for details about John and their relationship, as they moved from address to address (which never stayed private long). Finally with the purchase and remodelling of Kenwood, a mock-Tudor-style house on forty acres, with a gated entrance, were John, Cynthia, and Julian able to share a hint of domestic life. A fan club is a group that is dedicated to a well known person, group, idea (such as history) or sometimes even an inanimate object (such as a famous building). ... Kenwood has multiple meanings, among them: Kenwood House in London, and its surrounding woods. ... Ascott House designed by George Devey in the 1880s in what is often known as Tudor style The Tudor style (neo-Tudor) is loosely based on the Tudor architecture built during the reigns of members of the Tudor dynasty which ruled England from 1485 to 1603. ...

While she was often photographed at Beatles movie premieres and special occasions, and sometimes with John and Julian at home, Cynthia was mostly a stay-at-home wife and mother, who was rarely involved in John's public life. John felt that he'd missed out being raised by his aunt Mimi instead of his mother Julia, and insisted Cynthia be on hand for their son, only rarely leaving him with a babysitter or his grandmother, Lillian Powell. Cynthia also made a point of remaining essentially the same person John had known at Art school, intending to give him a sense of stability, but unwittingly pushing him farther away at the same time. As John grew older, began to use LSD and other drugs, and developed a broader understanding of things, Cynthia appeared to fall behind, and their relationship stagnated. D-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, commonly called acid, LSD, or LSD-25, is a powerful semisynthetic psychedelic drug. ...

When the Beatles took a train to Wales to meet with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the summer of 1967, a policeman kept her from boarding, not knowing who she was, until the train was pulling out, with John calling out a window after her. Unable to catch up, Cynthia broke down in tears, and said later that the moment symbolised where she felt their marriage was heading. Lennon denied any dissatisfaction or infidelities, but confessed months afterwards that he had been with "hundreds" of other women since becoming famous: mostly groupies or escorts on Beatles tours (or fans invited backstage by their assistants), and occasional celebrities, and virtually all one-night stands. In an effort to better understand John, or recapture her appeal to him, she began experimenting with LSD herself, and also underwent rhinoplasty. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born January 12, 1917) is the founder of the Transcendental Meditation or TM Movement. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A groupie is a person whose devotion to a person (usually a celebrity, especially a rock and roll star) approaches the level of fanaticism. ... Rhinoplasty (Greek; Rhinos, Nose + Plastikos, to shape) is a type of plastic surgery that is used to improve the function (reconstructive surgery) or appearance (cosmetic surgery) of a persons nose. ...

In May 1968, Cynthia returned from a holiday to discover John with Japanese artist Yoko Ono, who'd turned up several times when the couple went out, or asking for John at the gate at Kenwood. This time Yoko was plainly in residence — and wearing Cynthia's bathrobe, to boot. Surmising that this wasn't just another affair of John's, Cynthia grabbed a handful of items and walked out, spending the night with Jenny Boyd and John's friend Magic Alex at their apartment. She succumbed to a drunken tryst with Alex later that evening, and when she next saw him (for the last time), Alex broke the news that John was planning to sue her for divorce on grounds of adultery, and seek sole custody of Julian, out of what had happened. 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Ono on the cover of 1971s Fly Yoko Ono Lennon (born February 18, 1933 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese-born American musician and artist. ... 1960s London fashion model; younger sister of Pattie Boyd, who married Beatle George Harrison. ... John Alexis Mardas, also known as Magic Alex, a Greek-born electronic expert, was the head of The Beatles Apple Electronics. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Adultery is generally defined as consensual sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their lawful spouse. ...

Cynthia kept her resolve, and countersued Lennon for his earlier adultery with Yoko, which he denied — until the revelation that Yoko had been admitted to a maternity hospital, carrying Lennon's unborn baby (which she later miscarried), rendered the issue moot. Cynthia's divorce petition was granted, her decree nisi becoming final on November 8, 1968, and she was awarded custody of Julian. Paul McCartney made occasional visits to Cynthia and Julian that year, to check up on them; on one visit, having himself just broken up with fiancée Jane Asher, he brought Cynthia a single red rose, and asked jokingly "How about it, Cyn? How about you and me getting married now?" She never forgot the gesture — or the laugh they both had at the idea. The unborn baby of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, conceived during the spring of 1968 and miscarried by Ono on November 21 of that year. ... A decree nisi is a ruling by a court that does not have any force until such time that a particular condition is met. ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Paul McCartney, as photographed by John Kelley for the 1968 LP The Beatles (aka The White Album). Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is a British singer, musician and songwriter, who first came to prominence as a member of The Beatles. ... Jane Asher Jane Asher (born April 5, 1946) is a British film and television actress and the author of several full-length novels. ...

On August 1, 1970, Cynthia married Italian hotelier Roberto Bassanini, whom she met after parting with Lennon. She and Bassanini divorced in 1973. August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...

During John's separation from Yoko in 1973 and 1974, his girlfriend May Pang actively tried to get John to spend more time with Julian, forming a friendship with Cynthia in the process, which continued even after he and Yoko had reconciled. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... May Pang was born to Chinese-American parents in Spanish Harlem in New York City on October 27th, 1950. ...

In 1978, she married John Twist, an engineer from Lancashire. They divorced in 1983. 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... An engineer is someone who practices the engineering profession; a professional practitioner of engineering; someone who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems and produce goods for society. ... Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She published a memoir, A Twist of Lennon, in 1978, telling about her life before and with John, and carrying her own illustrations and poetry. John sued to block publication of the book, but lost.

After her divorce from John Twist, Cynthia changed her name back to Lennon by deed poll. She kept mementos of John for years, including never-published photographs, letters, and personal items, finally auctioning off many of them long after his death. A deed poll is a legal and formal contract binding only to a single person. ...