“She was a good mother to Julian and will be missed by us all, but I will always have great memories of our times together.” “She was a lovely lady who I’ve known since our early days together in Liverpool,” he added. “The news of Cynthia’s passing is very sad,” McCartney wrote on his blog Wednesday. The line “Take a sad song and make it better,” is about the Lennons’ broken marriage and its impact on their son. He changed the name Julian to Jude in the song. The divorce prompted Paul McCartney to pen the Beatles’ classic “Hey Jude” to help Julian cope with his parents’ separation. They had spent 10 years together as a couple. The couple divorced in 1968 after John Lennon started his much publicized relationship with Japanese artist Yoko Ono. It concludes with the words: “I know you’re safe above.”Ī statement from Julian’s representative said Cynthia died at her home in Mallorca “following a short but brave battle with cancer.” It said Julian was at his mother’s bedside throughout.Ĭynthia and John Lennon met at art school in Liverpool in 1957 and married shortly before the Beatles shot to worldwide fame. “The love you left behind will carry on,” Julian, 51, sings in a style influenced by his late father.
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